Groundwater management and ownership: rejoinder: discussion

Although a lot more needs to be done to evolve a better strategy for managing the groundwater economy, a copybook transposition of the Californian and Spanish formula as argued in these columns 'Groundwater Management and Ownership' (February 16) seems na?ve, even disingenuous. A groundwater governa...

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Main Author: Shah, Tushaar
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40777
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Summary:Although a lot more needs to be done to evolve a better strategy for managing the groundwater economy, a copybook transposition of the Californian and Spanish formula as argued in these columns 'Groundwater Management and Ownership' (February 16) seems na?ve, even disingenuous. A groundwater governance regime for a country like India cannot be dealt with only from the earth science perspective but involves a broader grasp of the organisation of the groundwater economy and its underlying socio-economic dynamics.