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100			_aBinayak Ray _eAuthor
245		0	_aWater: _bthe looming crisis in India _cBinayak Ray.
260			_aLanham _bLexington Books _c2008
300			_a230 Pages _bmaps _c23 cm
520			_a"Water: The Looming Crisis in India analyzes the key issues in developing national freshwater policies for the mainland countries of the South Asian sub-continent. Ray suggests that freshwater policy must cover all aspects of physical environment and human life, by noting that food and drought management are parts of freshwater policy and acknowledging that water is a scarce natural resource and has economic value. He calls for the development of basin-wide policies to minimize conflicts within riparian countries, as well as a freshwater policy baseline to minimize internal conflicts on water sharing arrangements. By pointing out the need for full participation of all stakeholders in developing a baseline policy including people displaced by the construction of large dams, Ray suggests a new system in which riparian countries are guaranteed that no water-related project proceeds without a transparently developed environmental impact assessment and evaluation of alternative options."
546			_aEnglish
650			_a"Water resources development, Water resources development--Government policy, Water-supply, Water-supply--Government policy, Wassernutzung, Wasserreserve, India, Indien, Südasien, China."
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