Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002

In the arid and semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries. This paper assesses a rehabilitation strategy proposed for 1200 large tanks. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems is very likely to result in a flawe...

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Main Authors: Shah, Tushaar, Raju, K.V.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program 2002
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39164
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description In the arid and semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries. This paper assesses a rehabilitation strategy proposed for 1200 large tanks. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems is very likely to result in a flawed strategy. As the experience of NGOs work shows, Rajasthan?s tanks belong more to the watershed development domain than to the irrigation domain and a strategy that views tanks as multi-use socio-ecological constructs, and which recognizes varied stakeholder groups is more likely to enhance the social value of tanks.
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spelling CGSpace391642025-11-07T09:06:26Z Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002 Shah, Tushaar Raju, K.V. tank irrigation rehabilitation water harvesting non governmental organizations In the arid and semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan, tanks and ponds have been a mainstay of rural communities for centuries. This paper assesses a rehabilitation strategy proposed for 1200 large tanks. It argues that treating tanks only as flow irrigation systems is very likely to result in a flawed strategy. As the experience of NGOs work shows, Rajasthan?s tanks belong more to the watershed development domain than to the irrigation domain and a strategy that views tanks as multi-use socio-ecological constructs, and which recognizes varied stakeholder groups is more likely to enhance the social value of tanks. 2002 2014-06-13T13:51:19Z 2014-06-13T13:51:19Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39164 en Open Access application/pdf IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Shah, Tushaar; Raju, K. V. 2002. Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002. Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India: IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program. 17p.
spellingShingle tank irrigation
rehabilitation
water harvesting
non governmental organizations
Shah, Tushaar
Raju, K.V.
Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
title Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
title_full Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
title_fullStr Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
title_short Rethinking rehabilitation: socio-ecology of tanks and water harvesting in Rajasthan. Prepared for the IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002
title_sort rethinking rehabilitation socio ecology of tanks and water harvesting in rajasthan prepared for the iwmi tata water policy research program annual partners meet 2002
topic tank irrigation
rehabilitation
water harvesting
non governmental organizations
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39164
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