Water stresses and responses in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone

cg.contributor.affiliationAqua Rock Konsultantsen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.coverage.countryMyanmaren_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MMen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierPetra Schmitter: 0000-0002-3826-7224en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16648-8_3en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH051669en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051669.pdfen_US
cg.isbn9783031166471en_US
cg.isbn9783031166488en_US
cg.issn2523-8124en_US
cg.issn2523-8132en_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorDrury, L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchmitter, Petraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T23:31:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-01-31T23:31:22Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128374en_US
dc.titleWater stresses and responses in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zoneen_US
dcterms.abstractThe Central Dry Zone (CDZ) of Myanmar is the heartland of the Burmese culture, and in many ways, it is socially and culturally coherent with the other rice-centred cultures of mainland Southeast Asia. In climatic terms, it is a semi-arid outlier in a mostly wet-tropical region. Climate change is exacerbating weather variability and water insecurity, and the CDZ thus epitomises the challenges posed by climate change for much of the region. This chapter describes two examples of interventions aimed at addressing water insecurity in the CDZ: pumped irrigation at Pyawt Ywar; and artesian groundwater in the Pale Subbasin. Both address the interconnections between social and physical drivers of vulnerability. They demonstrate the challenges and importance of working across institutional scales. These examples demonstrate that progress is possible at local levels despite a lack of (or inappropriate) national policy and regulations, which limit the scale, and possibly the long-term sustainability of such gains.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023-01-08en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDrury, L.; Johnston, R.; Schmitter, Petra. 2023. Water stresses and responses in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone. 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.37-60. (Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16648-8_3]en_US
dcterms.descriptionIn Ojha, H.; Schofield, N.; Camkin, J. (Eds.). Climate risks to water security: framing effective response in Asia and the Pacific. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillanen_US
dcterms.extentp. 37-60en_US
dcterms.issued2023en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectwater stressen_US
dcterms.subjectarid zonesen_US
dcterms.subjectwater scarcityen_US
dcterms.subjectsurface wateren_US
dcterms.subjectsurface irrigationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectgroundwater irrigationen_US
dcterms.subjectgroundwater managementen_US
dcterms.subjecttube wellsen_US
dcterms.subjectaquifersen_US
dcterms.typeBook Chapteren_US

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