Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia: Flows across Boundaries

This open-access book examines the effects of urbanization on water security in South Asia's peri-urban areas, focusing on Dhaka, Khulna, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, and Kathmandu Valley. It investigates how urbanization alters water flows between rural and urban areas, affects peri-urban populations' water security, and develops new institutions and technologies to mediate relationships between communities and water. The book aims to advance the debate on peri-urban water security, including socially differentiated access to water, interventions for improving access, and emerging forms of cooperation and conflict.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 10 December 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This open-access book delves into the profound implications of urbanization in South Asia for water security within the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Pune in India, as well as the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. It examines in detail the pressing peri-urban water security challenges posed by rapid urbanization and the attendant social-environmental transformations, including the evolving climate and its emerging impacts. The book showcases how urbanization processes alter the flow of water between rural and urban areas, the consequences of these changes for the water security of peri-urban populations, and the emergence of new institutions and technologies to facilitate the interactions between peri-urban communities and water. Its primary objective is to advance the ongoing discourse on peri-urban water security, encompassing key topics such as the definition of the peri-urban, the varying social dynamics of water access within peri-urban spaces, interventions aimed at enhancing water accessibility, and the emerging patterns of cooperation and conflict surrounding water access in the context of urbanization and climate change. As such, this book appeals to a wide range of academic disciplines, professionals engaged in national and international policy, non-governmental organizations, activist groups, research and development institutions, and individual readers with a keen interest in water security and urbanization.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030790370
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022