Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Village irrigation systems (ViSs) are vital in rural livelihood, food, and water security. VISs include small (minor) tanks and diversions (anicuts). The hydrologically linked tanks with natural drainage patterns form cascades, and beyond food and water security, they play a significant role in miti...
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| author | Imbulana, Upali Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Amarnath, Giriraj |
| author_browse | Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Amarnath, Giriraj Imbulana, Upali |
| author_facet | Imbulana, Upali Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Amarnath, Giriraj |
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| description | Village irrigation systems (ViSs) are vital in rural livelihood, food, and water security. VISs include small (minor) tanks and diversions (anicuts). The hydrologically linked tanks with natural drainage patterns form cascades, and beyond food and water security, they play a significant role in mitigating flood and drought impacts on communities in river basins. With anthropogenic changes, many cascades are in depilated states now. This paper finds that policy support with legal recognition to cascade-based community-level institutions promote bottom-up water and natural resources management approaches. They also facilitate investigations of ill-defined subject areas in cascade management and complex socio-political and economic issues and challenges constraining sustainable cascade based VISs operations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1372812025-11-17T05:58:32Z Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka Imbulana, Upali Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Amarnath, Giriraj irrigation systems villages irrigation management water governance arid zones sustainability water resources water management water security tanks drainage canals river basins climate change floods drought climate resilience communities Village irrigation systems (ViSs) are vital in rural livelihood, food, and water security. VISs include small (minor) tanks and diversions (anicuts). The hydrologically linked tanks with natural drainage patterns form cascades, and beyond food and water security, they play a significant role in mitigating flood and drought impacts on communities in river basins. With anthropogenic changes, many cascades are in depilated states now. This paper finds that policy support with legal recognition to cascade-based community-level institutions promote bottom-up water and natural resources management approaches. They also facilitate investigations of ill-defined subject areas in cascade management and complex socio-political and economic issues and challenges constraining sustainable cascade based VISs operations. 2023-12-01 2024-01-08T06:40:01Z 2024-01-08T06:40:01Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137281 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience Imbulana, Upali; Aheeyar, Mohamed; Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Amarnath, Giriraj. 2023. Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience. 21p. |
| spellingShingle | irrigation systems villages irrigation management water governance arid zones sustainability water resources water management water security tanks drainage canals river basins climate change floods drought climate resilience communities Imbulana, Upali Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Amarnath, Giriraj Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka |
| title | Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka |
| title_full | Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka |
| title_fullStr | Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka |
| title_short | Governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka |
| title_sort | governance issues for sustainable management of village irrigation in the dry zone of sri lanka |
| topic | irrigation systems villages irrigation management water governance arid zones sustainability water resources water management water security tanks drainage canals river basins climate change floods drought climate resilience communities |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137281 |
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