Governance
Alternative National Water Policy: Ramaswamy Iyer's response to comments by Rahul Banerjee and Chetan Pandit in EPW
Posted on 04 Feb, 2012 06:44 PMGuest post: Ramaswamy R Iyer
This is in response to the comments made by Rahul Banerjee (“National Water Policy”, 13 August 2011) and Chetan Pandit (“Alternative National Water Policy: A Critique”, 10 September 2011) on my article “National Water Policy: An Alternative Draft for Consideration” (25 June 2011).
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Mining poisons South Goa waters: The case of the Salaulim reservoir shown in a film
Posted on 04 Feb, 2012 05:05 PMContent and Media Courtesy: Video Volunteers
Ground Report India invites articles, reports, photos for eJournal
Posted on 03 Feb, 2012 10:05 AMGround Report India (GRI), one of the most widespread international eJournals for India for ground reporting and citizen media in the world having more than 90,000 subscribers in more than 60 countries and circulated to 1.4 million persons. GRI is committed to professional journalism, ground reporting, freedom of expression and the people.
River basin planning for Ganga : Lessons from Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Posted on 02 Feb, 2012 09:15 PMThis interactive session with NGOs working on water and river issues was held in continuation of the “Living rivers, dying rivers” series at the request of AusAid. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Honorary Professor, Centre for Policy Research and an author of books and articles on water while the lead speaker Dr.
Community monitoring in water and sanitation projects - A facilitators manual by PRIA
Posted on 02 Feb, 2012 11:59 AMThis manual is based on the work that PRIA was involved in that included facilitating the process of social development and monitoring, and for guiding the process of developing models for community monitoring linked to community action, for child survival and development in six project sites in India.
This manual is divided into three key sections:
Global change, wastewater and health in fast growing economies - Paper published in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Posted on 02 Feb, 2012 11:35 AMIt argues that among the water challenges in the 21st century, the water quality health nexus is one of the most serious challenges that will need to be addressed at an urgent level.The paper directs attention at the rapid and unequal growth and development patterns emerging in developing economies and the impact of this development on the environment and human populations. The paper directs attention to the negative impact of this development on one of the important natural resources such as water and the linkages between water quality and public health of populations.
Planning as commoning - Transformation of a Bangalore lake - Paper published in the EPW
Posted on 02 Feb, 2012 11:30 AMThis paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly argues that the transformation of human settlements over time can affect the relationship between communities and commons when, for example, social geographies change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems of management to modern bureaucratic systems.
Draft National Policy 2012 seems to help only vested interests, not the farmers or the environment says SANDRP
Posted on 01 Feb, 2012 09:18 PMSource: SANDRP
Draft of the National Water Policy 2012 released by the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) on 31st January 2012 invites comments from the general public till 29th Feb 2012
Posted on 01 Feb, 2012 02:01 PMA section of the water sector practitioners and experts, have been engaged in the process, and a summary of the discussions so far, is available here.
Contextualising urban water supply in a changing environment: India Urban Conference, November 17-20 2011
Posted on 30 Jan, 2012 09:21 AMIt aimed to set the challenges faced by urban planners in the current economic, socio-political, and ecological landscape. This would enable informed and negotiated choices on urban development. The stated objectives of the conference are as follows: