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Taking the road less taken: reorienting the state in periurban water management
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013The villages of Sultanpur and Jhanjhrola Khera are located about 15 kms away from Gurgaon city in the North-West Indian state of Haryana. Urbanization and climate change have together altered water accessand security in these villagesDocumentChanging environment – changing waters: an analysis of drinking water access of vulnerable groups in peri-urban Sultanpur
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013In Sultanpur, India access to drinking water takes a variety of forms, due to varying hydrological conditions and different technologies available. Water from the piped supply network and groundwater form the two main drinking water sources. These water resources are accessed in different ways and are used for different purposes.DocumentPower, social capital and differential vulnerabilities: a study of water access in a peri-urban village of Haryana
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013This article deals with the subject of water access in a peri-urban village of Haryana. It describes how power and social capital influence the flow of water. It argues that political power is a significant determinant influencing water security and those communities which lack the power to access w ater use social capital as an adaptiv e tool to enhance their w ater security.DocumentGendered and caste spaces in household water use: a case of Aliabad Village in Peri-urban Hyderabad, India
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2012One of the major changes in the water sector over the last few decades has been the enhanced thrust on institutional reforms, including the increasing recognition of the bottom-up approach to management as against the techno-centric top-down one. At the heart of this lies the concept of greater inclusiveness of all stakeholders, including women and people lower in socio-economic hierarchies.DocumentThe Peri-urban water security problématique: a case study of Hyderabad in Southern India
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2010The recent Census of India (2011) throws some very interesting facts on the process of urbanisation in India. For the first time since Independence in 1947, the absolute increase in population is more in urban than in rural areas.DocumentUrbanization, climate change and water security: a study of vulnerability and adaptation in Sultanpur and Jhanjhrola Khera in peri-urban Gurgaon, India
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2012This paper describes how urbanization and climate change shape water insecurity in two villages, Sultanpur and Jhanjhrola Khera in periurban Gurgaon in the North-West Indian state of Haryana. Using ethnographic and participatory approaches, it documents the people's lived experience of a changing climate and water insecurity.DocumentPeriurban water security in a context of urbanization and climate change: a review of concepts and relationships
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2010In peri-urban contexts, water security is shaped by the twin processes of climate change and urbanization. These processes act as multiple stressors and create an uncertain water supply for peri-urban residents.OrganisationWater Security in Peri-Urban South Asia
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia is a three year project that works across four locations in South Asia.DocumentUrbanization climate change and water security: adaptation strategies and approaches
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013The relationship between urbanisation, water insecurity, and climate change is becoming evident as cities are expanding in the global south. The first key challenge is to establish the links between these three themes.DocumentGender and Peri-urban water security
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013As geographical areas subjected to rapid urbanisation and constantly changing land use, peri-urban sites offer women and men greater economic opportunities.At the sametime,peri-urbanresidents arePages