Water security and spring conservation in the Himalaya

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationRaintree Foundationen
cg.contributor.donorSwiss Agency for Development and Cooperationen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.subregionHimalaya
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16648-8_2en
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH051665
cg.isbn9783031166471en
cg.isbn9783031166488en
cg.issn2523-8124en
cg.issn2523-8132en
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Manishen
dc.contributor.authorRathod, R.en
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T22:04:48Zen
dc.date.available2023-01-31T22:04:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128371
dc.titleWater security and spring conservation in the Himalayaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2023-01-08
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
dcterms.extentp. 15-36en
dcterms.issued2023
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectwater securityen
dcterms.subjectwater springsen
dcterms.subjectwater conservationen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.subjectwater qualityen
dcterms.subjectpoliciesen
dcterms.subjectcommunitiesen
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic aspectsen
dcterms.subjectgenderen
dcterms.subjectcaste systemsen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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