Water Policy and Governance in South Asia

Name: Water Policy and Governance in South Asia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Water Policy and Governance in South AsiaEmpowering Rural Communities\nAuthor(s): M. Anwar Hossen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138367401, 978-1138367401\nSynopsis\nDr. Hossen carried out an exceptional program of research in Bangladesh which focused on water governance in relation to human rights, international water law and environmental sustainability. His major argument is that eco-agricultural system encounters major disruptions due to a number of factors including regional hydropolitics and neoliberal and highly centralized approaches to water resource management that follow the principles of \""ecocracy.\"" In this context, Dr. Hossen explores three major questions: (i) How can local ecological knowledge be incorporated into national water policy? (ii) What strategies and reforms are required at the international watershed governance level? and (iii) How can human rights principles, including the princip.