{"product_id":"water-security-in-india-hope-despair-and-the-challenges-of-human-development-paperback","title":"Water Security in India: Hope, Despair, and the Challenges of Human Development - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVandana Asthana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. C. Shukla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew people actively engaged in India's water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and management of water resources. Water resources in India have been subjected to tremendous pressures from increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, and modern agricultural methods. The inadequate access to clean drinking water, increase in water related disasters such as floods and droughts, vulnerability to climate change and competition for the resource amongst different sectors and the region poses immense pressures for sustainability of water systems and humanity. \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWater Security in India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses these issues head on, analyzing the challenges that contemporary India faces if it is to create a water-secure world, and providing a hopeful, though guarded, road-map to a future in which India's life-giving and life-sustaining fresh water resources are safe, clean, plentiful, and available to all, secured for the people in a peaceful and ecologically sustainable manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVandana Asthana\u003c\/b\u003e, a Professor of Government, Eastern Washington University, USA, writes and researches the human and developmental challenges of water and environmental security in South Asia with a special focus on India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. A.C.Shukla, \u003c\/b\u003eformer member and Chartered biologist of Institute of Biology, London, UK is a well-known, widely traveled speaker, researcher and author of several books and articles on environment, policy and security.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159904288831,"sku":"9781441179364","price":103.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/m4W9mZF9b89781441179364.webp?v=1777002708","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/water-security-in-india-hope-despair-and-the-challenges-of-human-development-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}