TY - BOOK ID - 22147402 TI - Imagining Industan : Overcoming Water Insecurity in the Indus Basin AU - Adeel, Zafar. AU - Wirsing, Robert G. PY - 2017 SN - 331932845X 3319328433 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Water-supply KW - Water security KW - Management. KW - Security, Water KW - Availability, Water KW - Water availability KW - Water resources KW - Water pollution. KW - Climate change. KW - Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. KW - Hydrology/Water Resources. KW - Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. KW - Water Quality/Water Pollution. KW - Environment. KW - Hydrology. KW - Water quality. KW - Environmental management. KW - International relations. KW - Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. KW - International Relations. KW - Human security KW - Natural resources KW - Public utilities KW - Water resources development KW - Water utilities KW - Environmental pollution. KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Chemical pollution KW - Chemicals KW - Contamination of environment KW - Environmental pollution KW - Pollution KW - Contamination (Technology) KW - Asbestos abatement KW - Bioremediation KW - Environmental engineering KW - Environmental quality KW - Factory and trade waste KW - Hazardous waste site remediation KW - Hazardous wastes KW - In situ remediation KW - Lead abatement KW - Pollutants KW - Refuse and refuse disposal KW - Environmental aspects KW - Freshwater KW - Freshwater quality KW - Marine water quality KW - Quality of water KW - Seawater KW - Seawater quality KW - Water KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Earth sciences KW - Hydrography KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Aquatic pollution KW - Fresh water KW - Fresh water pollution KW - Freshwater pollution KW - Inland water pollution KW - Lake pollution KW - Lakes KW - Reservoirs KW - River pollution KW - Rivers KW - Stream pollution KW - Water contamination KW - Water pollutants KW - Water pollution KW - Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. KW - Quality KW - Composition KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22147402 AB - This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained from revisiting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as well as from mounting joint efforts to increase water supply, to combat climate change, to develop hydroelectric power, and to improve water management. The Indus basin is shared by four countries (Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan). The basin’s significance stems in part simply from the importance of these countries, three of them among the planet’s most populous states, one of them boasting the world’s second largest economy, and three of them members of the exclusive nuclear weapons club. However, the basin’s significance stems also from the great importance of the Indus waters themselves – due especially to the region’s massive dependence on irrigated agriculture as well as to the menace of climate change and advancing water scarcity. The “Industan” this volume imagines is a definite departure from business as usual responses to the Indus basin’s emerging fresh water crisis. The objective is to kindle serious discussion of the cooperation needed to confront what many water experts believe is developing into one of the planet’s most gravely threatened river basins. It is thus both assessment of the current state of play in regard to water security in the Indus basin and recommendation about where to go from here. ER -