Sreeja, KG and Madhusoodhanan, CG and Shetty, PK and Eldho, TI
(2012)
Inclusive spaces in integrated river basin management: discerning multiple boundaries of resource relations.
International Journal of River Basin Management, 10 (4).
pp. 351-367.
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| Abstract: |
The existence of multilayered boundaries and networks in a river basin redefines the river basin geographies and concepts and poses extreme challenges
to centralized notions of Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM). The paper traces various boundaries that exist due to the physical peculiarities,
political situations, resource transfer scenarios and socio-economic networks in one of the most exploited river basins in the highly populated biodiversity
hotspot of the Southern Western Ghats in India and analyses the implications for IRBM. The coexistence of multiple, dynamic and often overlapping
boundaries existing within and beyond the hydrological boundary encompasses an inclusive region of resource engagement coined as ‘inclusive basin’ which embeds in it various communities of interests. The governance in such an ‘inclusive basin’, heavily mediated by the power gradients of the boundaries involved, can be envisaged as an issue-based polycentric approach which incorporates these interest group domains at multiple scales. The paper attempts a critical examination of the multilayered boundaries that connect the natural hydrographic basin to its physical, social and political
settings and their influence on natural resources management, conservation and conflict resolution, especially in the light of the National River
Linking Project. |
| Item Type: |
Journal Paper
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| Keywords: |
River basin; boundaries; inclusive basin; inter-basin water transfers; management scales; Western Ghats |
| Subjects: |
School of Natural and Engineering Sciences > Environment |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Date Deposited: |
13 Mar 2013 10:54 |
| Last Modified: |
13 Mar 2013 10:54 |
| Official URL: |
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1571512... |
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| DOI: |
10.1080/15715124.2012.739172 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/356 |
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