Water security and spring conservation in the Himalaya

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRaintree Foundationen_US
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperationen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionHimalayaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16648-8_2en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH051665en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051665.pdfen_US
cg.isbn9783031166471en_US
cg.isbn9783031166488en_US
cg.issn2523-8124en_US
cg.issn2523-8132en_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Manishen_US
dc.contributor.authorRathod, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T22:04:48Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-31T22:04:48Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128371en_US
dc.titleWater security and spring conservation in the Himalayaen_US
dcterms.abstractSprings are the most important source of water for the people in the mid-hills of the Himalaya. Emerging evidence shows that they are increasingly drying up, causing numerous hardships for people, with those impacts being felt more acutely by women and members of vulnerable communities like lower castes (Dalits). Climate change, land-use and land cover changes, including haphazard infrastructure (hydropower, road construction), and other socio-economic changes such as urbanization and tourism are the leading causes of the drying up of springs. In the region in general, and India in particular, the last decade and a half have seen increased initiatives for spring revival. In this chapter, we document the genesis of some of these spring revival initiatives in India and note how all stakeholders—communities, civil societies and governments have come to support spring revival initiatives. We also note that the scientific community has not yet caught up with the action on the ground, and we still lack rigorous documentation of the short and long-term effectiveness of spring revival initiatives. We recommend integrating scientific knowledge with social analysis on the governance aspects for improving spring recharge, better management and postulating potential responses of natural and human systems against future climate change impacts in the Himalaya.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023-01-08en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKumar, Manish; Rathod, R.; Mukherji, Aditi. 2023. Water security and spring conservation in the Himalaya. In Ojha, H.; Schofield, N.; Camkin, J. (Eds.). Climate risks to water security: framing effective response in Asia and the Pacific. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. pp.15-36. (Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16648-8_2]en_US
dcterms.extentp. 15-36en_US
dcterms.issued2023en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectwater securityen_US
dcterms.subjectwater springsen_US
dcterms.subjectwater conservationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectland useen_US
dcterms.subjectwater qualityen_US
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen_US
dcterms.subjectcommunitiesen_US
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic aspectsen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjectcaste systemsen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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