Groundwater governance through electricity supply management: assessing an innovative intervention in Gujarat, western India

Gujarat, a rapidly industrializing state in western India, is notorious for groundwater over-exploitation. A perverse link between energy subsidies and groundwater overdraft has left the state with a bankrupt electricity utility and depleted aquifers, especially since the late 1980s. Moreover, this...

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Main Authors:	Shah, Tushaar, Bhatt, S., Shah, R.K., Talati, J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2008
Subjects:	farmer-led irrigation groundwater management groundwater irrigation water stress water governance water policy electricity supplies electrification villages tube wells user charges water rates water market
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40778