Droughts and integrated water resource management in South Asia : issues, alternatives and futures / Jasveen Jairath.

CONTENTS Series Editor's Note vii List of Tables ix List of Boxes xi List of Abbreviations xiii Acknowledgements xvii Preface xix PART I Backdrop 1.The Context and Problematique 3 Jasveen Jairath and Vishwa Ballabh 2.Elusive Rains and Parched Lands: Situating Drought in Colonial India 40 Sanjay Sharma 3.Gender and Drought in South Asia: Dominant Constructions and Alternate Propositions 70 Seema Kutkarni and Nagmani Rao 4. AJI Alternative Approach to Drought and Drought-proofing 98 Suhas Paranjape and K.J. Joy PART II Country Overview 5.Understanding Drought-Implications, Strategies and Policies in Sri Lanka 125 Ranjith Premalal De Silva 6.Incidence, Impacts and Management of Droughts in India: An Overview 156 Katar Singh and Vishwa Ballabh 7. Scarcity in Abundance: Issues of Droughts in Bangladesh Khandaker Mainuddin and Sarder Shafiqul Alam183 8. Droughts in Pakistan-A Socio-political Perspective 200 AsafSarwar PART III Case Studies 9. Drought and Public Policy in Tamilnadu, India 231 A. Rajagopal, N. Jayakumar and/ Bashyam 10. Johad Versus Watershed: Case Study 249 of Tarun Bharat Sangh's Approach Ganesh Pangare 11. Converting Calamity into Opportunity: Natural282 Resource Enhancement through Participatory Drought Relief Programme Srinivas Mudrakartha 12. Management of Scarcity and Scarcity 308 of Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, India: A Case Study Jasveen Jairath and Mohammad Mustafa About the Editors and Contributors 340 Index 348