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Water Use and Poverty Reduction

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  • Presents a valuable resource, with its interdisciplinary character, for courses in environmental science, social work, and policy studies
  • Provides a base for relating poverty to international water sharing
  • Serves as an example of appropriate application of modern methods and techniques of scientific social research
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER, volume 8)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Identification of the Problem

    • Md. Fakrul Islam
    Pages 1-11
  3. The Teesta River and Its Basin Area

    • Md. Fakrul Islam
    Pages 13-43
  4. Bilateral Water Sharing Model

    • Md. Fakrul Islam
    Pages 105-128
  5. Recommendations

    • Md. Fakrul Islam
    Pages 129-134
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 135-171

About this book

This book is the outcome of empirical research on the sharing of water of the Teesta River, which flows through India and Bangladesh. The main purpose is to show how regional cooperation between India and Bangladesh regarding sharing of Teesta River water can ensure optimal benefits for people living in the area of the Teesta Basin located in the two countries. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach focusing on the relationship between availability of water and the reduction of poverty in the Teesta Basin as a whole. The book presents findings of a comparative socioeconomic survey on the Dalia and Gazoldoba irrigable areas, with background information on the Teesta River and its origin, spatio-physical nature, geomorphic and hydrological characteristics, irrigation and water delivery system through the Gazoldoba barrage in India and the Dalia barrage in Bangladesh. Citing the principles of transboundary freshwater sharing, this work focuses on different approaches to international water sharing and introduces an optimal approach to dry season water sharing and welfare maximization by developing a bilateral water sharing model. The model is tested through computer simulation, and an alternative water allocation policy is proposed. Water Use and Poverty Reduction is highly recommended to readers who seek an optimum solution to transboundary and bilateral water sharing and poverty reduction issues.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

    Md. Fakrul Islam

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