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    Taking the road less taken: reorienting the state in periurban water management

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    The 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 villages
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    Changing environment – changing waters: an analysis of drinking water access of vulnerable groups in peri-urban Sultanpur

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    In 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.
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    Power, social capital and differential vulnerabilities: a study of water access in a peri-urban village of Haryana

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    This 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.
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    Salinity progression at Khulna: anthropogenic or climate change induced?

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    Surface water salinity, being accentuated by the reduction in the dry season upland flows, now reaches as far as Khulna - a coastal city of Bangladesh highly exposed to climate change impacts. The projected sea level rise due to climate change would further aggravate the situation with the probability of increased spatial coverage and temporal duration of salinity.
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    Use of a shared river by urban and Peri-urban residents: water use conflicts and adaptation measures

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    Khulna, the third largest metropolitan city (46 km) of Bangladesh, is vulnerable to climate change and unplanned urbanization process. The city has been identified as one of the 15 most climate change vulnerable cities of the world. 
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    Dynamics of rural water flows to quench urban thirst: implications on local water security

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    The rapid and haphazard urbanization in Kathmandu and expansion of built- up area in the peripheral rural landscapes has resulted in formation of the peri- urban areas which are now themselves transforming into urban forms, and simultaneously, water diverted or transferred from these areas is rapidly increasing.
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    People's experience and facts of changing climate: impacts and responses

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    Apart from modeling and quantitative analysis of climate change, it is also important to understand what local communities feel about climate change and how they are affected by it and are responding to those impacts in order to bring new policies and programmes in the particular area.
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    Groundwater extraction: implications on local water security of Peri-urban Kathmandu

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    The rapid and haphazard urbanization in Kathmandu valley and expansion of built-up area to the peripheral rural landscapes has resulted to formation of Peri- urban areas which are now themselves transforming into urban form. This paper examines how the increasing urban water demand has put unprecedented pressure on groundwater resources in the peri-urban areas of Kathmandu valley.
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    Adapting to Peri-urban water insecurity induced by urbanization and climate change

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013
    Urbanization is a continued phenomenon all over the world. In Nepal, the processes of rapid urbanization initiated during the 1980s and accelerated in the following two decades. Kathmandu valley has been the most urbanized area of Nepal.
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    Gendered and caste spaces in household water use: a case of Aliabad Village in Peri-urban Hyderabad, India

    Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2012
    One 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.

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