scholarly journals ‘Where does water go’? A critical analysis of nature of water crisis in Darjeeling city, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaberi Koner ◽  
Gopa Samanta
Keyword(s):  
Water Governance ◽  
Spatial Diversity ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Municipal Authority ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Water Justice ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Official Data

AbstractWater crisis is such a phenomenon that almost every city experiences to some extent these days. Nature, dimensions, and impact of the crisis vary based on spatial diversity. This article attempts to critically analyse the nature of water crisis and to find out the reasons behind such crisis in Darjeeling city. The city’s public water supply is mainly controlled by the municipal authority, and water is supplied from the Senchal lakes. The centralised system, developed by the British in the early nineteenth century, is not sufficient for the entire city at present, and not affordable for all classes as well. Primarily the scarcity emerged due to the city’s population growth, and the city’s changing commercial nature, especially the booming tourism sector. And the age-old water infrastructure cannot cope with the fast-growing demand for water. Moreover, still now municipal authority does not consider a large number of transitory population, while calculating the water demand. Massive gap exists between the actual water scarcity observed in the field and the scarcity shown in the official data. Therefore, a reconsideration of municipal water budget is required to manage water resources and services sustainably. Using both the quantitative and qualitative methods, this empirical study critically assesses the existing gap between demand and supply, and also explores the process of illegal flow of water thus making the scarcity even more intense. It argues for fair and active water governance to minimise the demand–supply gap, and active community participation to ensure water justice to the commons.

scholarly journals HESS Opinions "Urgent water challenges are not sufficiently researched"

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 905-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. van der Zaag ◽  
J. Gupta ◽  
L. P. Darvis
Keyword(s):  
Water Governance ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
The One ◽  
Water Problems ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Abstract. In this opinion paper we submit that water experts conduct comparatively little research on the more urgent challenges facing the global community. Five specific biases are identified. First, research in the field of water and sanitation is heavily biased against sanitation. Second, research on food security is biased in favour of conventional irrigation and fails to address the problems and opportunities of rainfed agriculture. Third, insufficient water research is dedicated to developmental compared to environmental issues. Fourth, too little research is conducted on adaptation to climate change by developing countries. And finally, research on water governance has a fascination for conflict but too little eye for cooperation and meeting basic needs. This paper illustrates these biases with bibliometric indicators extracted from the ISI Web of Science. There is a stark mismatch between the global demand for knowledge and the supply of it. This mismatch is identified here as a problem that we water scientists must confront and resolve. We still lack a full understanding why this divergence between demand and supply occurs and persists; an understanding that is required to guide us towards aligning our research priorities to societal demands. The paper, however, makes some inferences. On the one hand, we should promote the global South to create its own research biases and allow it to develop alternative solutions. Simultaneously we would benefit from critical examination of our own research practice. Although this paper addresses a critical challenge it does not aim to be exhaustive or definitive. We merely identify the persistence of intransigent water problems as a valid research object in itself.

scholarly journals Determination in the District Area Galunggung Sukaratu as Strategic Areas Amusement

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Thomas Bustomi
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Regional Economic Growth ◽  
Business World ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Research Action ◽  
Official Data

This study entitled “Determining Region Galunggung in District Sukaratu As Strategic Area Nature”. The purpose of this policy is to increase the activity of the business world in the tourism sector in KGG - KS so as to improve the regional economic growth both on a district or on a regional scale Tasikmalaya regency. The method used in this research is action research (action research) using a qualitative approach. Results of the study were divided into four categories: problem identification, determination of the terms of problem solving, determination of alternative policy formulation and determination of the alternative selected as the end result of this policy formulation. Official data are not obtained, shall be carried out exploration data / information through other means in order to identify the problems become whole / full. In this research, a lack of data / information that is experienced by the researchers can be overcome because there is input from the community although its accuracy is lower. Meanwhile, the establishment of technical provisions troubleshooting is done based on a reference from the rules of the policy object. Each process / stages of policy formulation are not always able to generate a specific output. Determination of the technical provisions of Resolution “or the theory of public policy referred to as” the evaluation criteria Resolution “is one very important part in the process of policy formulation.

scholarly journals TOURISM AND WATER USE IN MALAYSIA: A REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuraini Anang ◽  
◽  
Noorhaslinda Kulub Abdul Rashid ◽  
Azlina Abd. Aziz ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Water Usage ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Water Demand And Supply ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Issues

Tourism is the economic driver for many emerging countries, and the main key distribution components of wealth in the world. Globally, tourism generated over 10% of the world Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provided an estimation of 115 million jobs in 2017. Moreover, the tourism sector consumed 1% of the global consumption of water. This paper reviews the current literature that focuses on water usage in tourism sector and water management initiatives in tourism in order to identify the current and future contrast between water demand and supply for sustainable tourism, and to understand the key issues and challenges facing water usage in Malaysia. Furthermore, the paper examines the linkages between tourism and water consumption, and analyses the trends in water consumption. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of improving and enhancing the existing water resources policies in order to conserve nature while promoting sustainable tourism industry.

scholarly journals Syrian Refugees, Water Scarcity, and Dynamic Policies: How Do the New Refugee Discourses Impact Water Governance Debates in Lebanon and Jordan?

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussam Hussein ◽  
Alberto Natta ◽  
Abed Al Kareem Yehya ◽  
Baha Hamadna
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Syrian Crisis ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
The Impact

Since the Syrian crisis and the so-called “Arab Spring”, new discourses have been created, sparking the discursive water governance debates around water scarcity and hydropolitics. In Lebanon and Jordan—where most water resources are transboundary, and where most Syrian refugees have flown in—new discourses of climate change and especially of Syrian refugees as exacerbating water scarcity are emerging, shaping water governance debates. The aim of this paper is to engage in comparative discourse analysis about narratives of water crises and refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. This study is novel because of the focus on the new discourse of refugees in relation to water governance debates in both Lebanon and Jordan. This paper finds that in both countries the new discourses of refugees do not replace previous and existing discourses of water crisis and scarcity, but rather they build on and reinforce them. This paper finds that the impact these discourses had on the governance debates is that in Lebanon the resources mobilized focused on humanitarian interventions, while Jordan focused on development projects to strengthen the resilience of its water infrastructure and its overall water governance system.

scholarly journals Averting the Global Water Crisis: Three Considerations for a New Decade of Water Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-113
Author(s):  
Cora Kammeyer ◽  
Ross Hamilton ◽  
Jason Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Water Governance ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Global Water

scholarly journals REFLEXIONES TEÓRICAS SOBRE EL ANÁLISIS DE LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL EN EL SECTOR TURÍSTICO

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Flores Ruiz ◽  
María de la O Barroso González ◽  
Nelly Julia Castro Vadillo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Tourism Economy

Las investigaciones sobre la responsabilidad social en el sector turístico son aún escasas, entre otras causas, por el carácter relativamente reciente de la aplicación de este concepto a la actividad turística, así como por la complejidad y dificultad que encierra su análisis aplicado al sector turístico de una forma global. En este sentido, el presente artículo, a partir del análisis bibliográfico de la Economía del Turismo desde el enfoque de demanda y del de oferta, pretende proponer un marco teórico que facilite la aplicación y el fomento de este concepto en un sector tan heterogéneo como es el turismo. ABSTRACTResearch on social responsibility in the tourism sector are scarce due to the relatively recent nature of the application of this concept to tourism, as well as the complexity and difficulty of this analysis applied to the tourism sector of a integrated form. In this sense, this article, with a literature review about the Tourism Economy from the perspective of demand and supply, proposes a theoretical framework from the supply approach, to facilitate the implementation and promotion of this concept in such a heterogeneous sector is tourism. 

scholarly journals NICHE TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA: A RENEWED POLICY FOCUS IN THE COVID-19 ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (4 supplement) ◽  
pp. 1379-1387
Author(s):  
Christian M. ROGERSON ◽  
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Jayne M. ROGERSON ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Global South ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Policy Interest

The COVID-19 pandemic is a catalyst for new patterns of demand and supply for the tourism sector. One consequence is a renewed policy interest in the importance of niche tourism products for destination development. This paper investigates the importance of niche tourism and its (re-) emergence on the policy agenda of tourism stakeholders in South Africa. It is argued that with a resurgence of niche tourism as policy focus there is a need for an extended research agenda on niche tourism in South Africa. The analysis represents a contribution to the changing agendas of tourism scholarship in the global South which have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Turystyka w warunkach światowego kryzysu gospodarczego

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Zdon-Korzeniowska ◽  
Tomasz Rachwał
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
Global Tourism

The market of tourist services is constantly changing due to various impulses coming from  international environment as well as from factors of national, regional and local level. The determinants  of change in global tourism are primarily associated with the processes of globalization (including the  global economic crisis’ years 2008−2010). The aim of this study is to analyze the tourism sector in  conditions of global economic crisis. The analysis of demand and supply data – for the period of years  2006−2010 with forecasts for 2011 – made it possible to determine the economic condition of the  sector. It seems that tourism was sensitive to the contemporary global economic crisis, while decreases  in the indicators analyzed were relatively small and were mainly observed in 2009.

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