Sharing Water Irrigation and Water Management in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya

Name: Sharing Water Irrigation and Water Management in the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya
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ISBN: 9780195791594

ISBN-10: 0195791592

ISBN-13: 9780195791594

Edition: 2000

Authors: Hermann Kreutzmann

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In an interdisciplinary effort authors from different countries and professional backgrounds have co-operated to present this volume on irrigation and water management in the mountainous regions of South and Central Asia. Most knowledge linked to irrigation and water management in these regions is often part of oral traditions. The case studies in this volume try to preserve some of this knowledge and present it to a wider audience. The volume covers for the first time a region spreading from the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union to the Eastern Himalayas and Bhutan while also providing a new discussion about methods and working techniques in conducting field research.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/26/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 305
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.37" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Contributors


List of figures


List of tables


List of photographs


Abbreviations and acronyms


Preface



Abstracts



Introduction



Water towers of humankind: Approaches and perspectives for research on hydraulic resources in the mountains of South and Central Asia




Some notes on the contribution of the study of irrigation to the history of Central Asia




Social organization and irrigation systems in the Khot Valley, Eastern Hindukush




Irrigation practice in Yasin, Northern Areas of Pakistan




Water management in mountain oases of the Karakoram




Minority strategies to water access: The Dom in Hunza, Northern Areas of Pakistan




Bridging institutional gaps in irrigation management. The post-"ibex-horn" innovations in Northern Pakistan




Notes on irrigation and the legal system in Ladakh: The Buddhist 'Brog-Pa




Traditional oases of Ladakh: A case study of equity in water management




Farmer participation in irrigation management in state-sponsored minor irrigation systems in the Indian Himalayas




Irrigation in Dolpo: An example of water management in a steppic zone of Northern Nepal




Natural conditions and hazards for irrigation in the arid Himalaya of Upper Mustang District, Nepal




Drylands irrigation in a wetlands area: The example of Aslewacaur in Central Nepal




Legal aspects of Water rights in Bhutan



Index