Asian irrigation in transition : responding to challenges

By: Shivakoti, Ganesh [Editor]Contributor(s): Agricultural Asia Management | Congresses | Water-supply | Agricultural ManagementMaterial type: ArticleArticlePublication details: New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2005Description: 528 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780761933502; 0761933506Subject(s): Asia | Conference papers and proceedings | Irrigation Asia | Irrigation Asia Management | Irrigation Management Water-supplyDDC classification: 333.913095
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: Contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword Preface 1: Asian Irrigation Problems and Prospects Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Wai-Fung Lam and Ujjwal Pradhan Theme I: General Perspectives on Transition 2: Perspectives on Asian Irrigation Randolph Barker and Franȯis Molle 3: Social Capital and Irrigation Management: Bringing Rigor and Evidence to the Relationship Norman T. Uphoff 4: Institutions Against Change Nirmal Sengupta Theme II: Response to Competition for Resources 5: Groundwater Markets and Irrigation Potential in South Asia: A Micro Study from Nepal Humnath Bhandari and Ganesh P. Shivakoti 6: Emerging Water Crisis and Political Economy of Irrigation Reforms in India Vishwa Ballabh 7: Recognizing Multiple Water Uses in Intersectoral Water Transfers Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Rajendra Pradhan 8: The Closure of the Chao Phraya River Basin in Thailand: Its Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications Franȯis Molle 9: The Emergence of Polycentric Water Governance in Northern Thailand Uraivan Tan-Kim-Yong, Pakping Chalad Bruns and Bryan Randolph Bruns Theme III: Institutional Reforms and New Partnership 10: Asian Irrigation in Transition: Service Orientation, Institutional Aspects and Design, Operation, Infrastructure Issues Thierry Facon 11: Participatory Approaches to Irrigation Development and Management in the Philippines: The Next Generation Luis P. Eleazar, Jose A. Galvez, Verda Imperial Saw, Roger C. Lazaro and Alfred Waldstein 12: Leadership and Turnover: The Contradictions of Irrigation Management Reform in the People's Republic of China Peter P. Mollinga, Gao Hong and Anjali M. Bhatia 13: Reforming Taiwan's Irrigation Associations: Getting the Nesting of Institutions Right Wai-Fung Lam 14: People's Participation in Irrigation Management in Thailand Tassanee Ouvichit 15: Coalition-Building for Participatory Irrigation Management under Changing Water Resource Trends: Reflections on Reforms in Andhra Pradesh, India M.V.K. Sivamohan and Christopher A. Scott 16: Irrigation Sector Reform in Asia: From 'Participation with Patronage' to 'Empowerment with Accountability' Douglas L. Vermillion Theme IV: Markets and Economic Productivity of Irrigated Agriculture 17: Making Irrigation Management Pro-Poor: Indications of Potentials from China and Vietnam Eric Biltonen, Doan Doan Tuan and Jinxia Wang 18: Moving Beyond Water Provision: Strategic Issues Related to Transition of Irrigation Management in Indonesia Helmi 19: Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in Asia: Subsistence Agriculture in Transition Robert Yoder and Prachanda Pradhan Theme V: Synthesis and Strategic Responses 20: The Future of Irrigated Agriculture in Asia: What the Twenty-First Century will Require of Policies, Institutions, and Governance Douglas L. Vermillion, Elinor Ostrom and Robert Yoder About the Editors and Contributors Index
Summary: Drawing vital lessons for the Asian experience, this important volume will greatly assist in the design of efficient and equitable water management systems as well as serve to outline an agenda for future research for practitioners and policymakers. Covering a topic of immense concern in today's world, this volume will be widely welcomed by students and scholars of water resource management, development studies, and policy analysis.
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Machine derived contents note: Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
1: Asian Irrigation Problems and Prospects
Ganesh P. Shivakoti, Wai-Fung Lam and Ujjwal Pradhan
Theme I: General Perspectives on Transition
2: Perspectives on Asian Irrigation
Randolph Barker and Franȯis Molle
3: Social Capital and Irrigation Management: Bringing Rigor and
Evidence to the Relationship
Norman T. Uphoff
4: Institutions Against Change
Nirmal Sengupta
Theme II: Response to Competition for Resources
5: Groundwater Markets and Irrigation Potential in South Asia: A Micro Study from Nepal
Humnath Bhandari and Ganesh P. Shivakoti
6: Emerging Water Crisis and Political Economy of Irrigation Reforms in India
Vishwa Ballabh
7: Recognizing Multiple Water Uses in Intersectoral Water Transfers
Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Rajendra Pradhan
8: The Closure of the Chao Phraya River Basin in Thailand: Its Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications
Franȯis Molle
9: The Emergence of Polycentric Water Governance in Northern Thailand Uraivan Tan-Kim-Yong, Pakping Chalad Bruns and Bryan Randolph Bruns
Theme III: Institutional Reforms and New Partnership
10: Asian Irrigation in Transition: Service Orientation, Institutional
Aspects and Design, Operation, Infrastructure Issues
Thierry Facon
11: Participatory Approaches to Irrigation Development and Management in the Philippines: The Next Generation
Luis P. Eleazar, Jose A. Galvez, Verda Imperial Saw, Roger C. Lazaro and Alfred Waldstein
12: Leadership and Turnover: The Contradictions of Irrigation Management Reform in the People's Republic of China
Peter P. Mollinga, Gao Hong and Anjali M. Bhatia
13: Reforming Taiwan's Irrigation Associations: Getting the Nesting of Institutions Right
Wai-Fung Lam
14: People's Participation in Irrigation Management in Thailand
Tassanee Ouvichit
15: Coalition-Building for Participatory Irrigation Management under Changing Water Resource Trends: Reflections on Reforms in Andhra Pradesh, India
M.V.K. Sivamohan and Christopher A. Scott
16: Irrigation Sector Reform in Asia: From 'Participation with Patronage'
to 'Empowerment with Accountability'
Douglas L. Vermillion
Theme IV: Markets and Economic Productivity of Irrigated Agriculture
17: Making Irrigation Management Pro-Poor: Indications of Potentials from China and Vietnam
Eric Biltonen, Doan Doan Tuan and Jinxia Wang
18: Moving Beyond Water Provision: Strategic Issues Related to Transition of Irrigation Management in Indonesia
Helmi
19: Farmer-Managed Irrigation Systems in Asia: Subsistence Agriculture in Transition
Robert Yoder and Prachanda Pradhan
Theme V: Synthesis and Strategic Responses
20: The Future of Irrigated Agriculture in Asia: What the Twenty-First Century will Require of Policies, Institutions, and Governance
Douglas L. Vermillion, Elinor Ostrom and Robert Yoder
About the Editors and Contributors
Index

Drawing vital lessons for the Asian experience, this important volume will greatly assist in the design of efficient and equitable water management systems as well as serve to outline an agenda for future research for practitioners and policymakers. Covering a topic of immense concern in today's world, this volume will be widely welcomed by students and scholars of water resource management, development studies, and policy analysis.

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