Water Governance: A Pragmatic Debate of 21st Century; An Indian Perspective

Emerging Issues in the Water Environment during Anthropocene - Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering ◽

10.1007/978-981-32-9771-5_19 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 355-365 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Omi Kumari ◽

Manish Kumar

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Water Governance ◽

Indian Perspective

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Indian and Oriental studies in a Euro-Indian perspective for the 21st century

Acta Orientalia Vilnensia ◽

10.15388/aov.2008.2.3711 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 11-18

Author(s):

Maria Krzysztof Byrski

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

South Asia ◽

21St Century ◽

Religious Diversity ◽

Oriental Studies ◽

Indian Perspective ◽

Structural Aspects

Collegium Civitas; University of WarsawThe basic presumption is the need in Oriental studies to go much further than mere description of different civilisations. They should be compared with our own, and the question of whether the concepts evolved by those civilisations can help us better understand the reality in which we actually happen to live should be asked. For the adoption of this approach to the study of South Asia, it is suggested that European and Indian civilisations are ‘twins-unlike’. The paradox is intended since certain—so to say—general structural aspects of both civilisations are similar (geographical magnitude, variety of climate, size of population, and its anthropological, ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity), but as far as content is concerned they are of course very much unlike each other. The conclusion of our comparison is that Indian traditional civilisation is that of sustenance and containment while the European one is that of progress, development and expansion. Proper synergy of the two tendencies is postulated for sustainable development to be achieved.

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Hydrosolidarity and International Water Governance

International Negotiation ◽

10.1163/157180609x432842 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 311-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Robert Varady ◽

Andrea Gerlak ◽

Arin Haverland

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Conflict Management ◽

21St Century ◽

Water Policy ◽

Water Governance ◽

Environmental Research ◽

Institution Building ◽

Related Research ◽

Intellectual Origins ◽

International Water

AbstractIn the first decade of the 21st century, 'hydrosolidarity,' the notion that water management should include considerations of ethics and equity, has influenced international approaches to conducting environmental research and formulating water policy. Since its inception in the 1990s, the term appears frequently across a spectrum of water-related research. It has accordingly permeated discourses and publications on water management. Such rapid proliferation of the concept has helped usher in a wave of transition from conflict management to cooperative efforts between upstream and downstream basin users, as well as a complex paradigm that links both human and environmental welfare. In this paper, we trace the intellectual origins and changing conceptions of hydrosolidarity. We outline some of its applications as well as various reactions to the concept. We close by discussing how the concept can help frame negotiations between riparian states and influence treaty-making and institution-building in river basin settings.

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