M. Anwar Hossen

Water Policy and Governance in South Asia

Empowering Rural Communities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dr. Hossen explores the effects of regional hydropolitics on water management, focusing on three large engineering projects, the Farakka Barrage built by India on the Ganges River, and the Ganges-Kobodak (GK) and Gorai River Restoration (GRR) Projects in Bangladesh.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781138367401
• ISBN-10: 1138367400
• Artikelnr.: 54334713

Autorenporträt

M. Anwar Hossen (PhD, UBC, Canada) is Professor of Sociology at Dhaka University, Bangladesh.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgement List of Acronyms Glossary of
Bengali Terms Introduction Organization of the Book 1. River Water, Power
and Agricultural Community Livelihoods: The Ganges Basin Context  2. The
Ganges Dependent Area in Bangladesh 3. The Gorai River Restoration and the
Ganges-Kobodak Projects 4. Agricultural Transformation at Chapra 5. Local
Governments' Roles to Protect the Marginalized Communities 6. Human Rights
at Chapra 7. Political Resistance, Conflict and Social Movements 8. Water
Governance at the Ganges Basin Conclusion