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Different Asias, same problems: negotiating the state-user interface in surface irrigation in China and India
Get PDFThis paper explores the dynamic interface of state-water users' relationships in large-scale surface irrigation in India and China, to inquire to what extent the issues encountered in large-scale irrigation management and governance are independent of regime characteristics. Though operating in very different overall political regimes, China and India exhibit strong similarities in the way a central state has attempted to relate with local water users, in the types of policy instruments deployed to shape that relationship, and in the problems encountered. Both China and India have a long history of state involvement in irrigation management. Both saw massive expansion after the late 1940s. The state then tried to extend its control in response to ‘underutilisation’ of the created infrastructure, revenue shortfalls and perceived inefficiencies and yield gaps. In recent decades the policy approaches have, at least rhetorically, emphasised water users' self-management and governance, including financial self-management/cost recovery. In both countries the instrument for this has been Water User Associations. Results have been mixed, to say the least, on all counts. Larger institutional and policy characteristics adhering to the problematic of the state-user interface subvert stated reform objectives.</jats:p
Methodology and Major Findings of a Comparative Research Project on Environmental Consciousness in Hong Kong (China), Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam(<Special Issue>Environmental Consciousness in Southeast and East Asia: Comparative Studies of Public Perceptions of Environmental Problems in Hong Kong(China), Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam)
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Dam lies and other statistics : taking the measure of irrigation in China, 1931-91
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Agriculture in China's Modern Economic Development. By Nicholas R. Lardy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. xiii, 285 pp. Tables, Figures, Maps, Appendixes, Notes, References, Index. $37.50.
No full textSharing Innovation: Global Perspectives on Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development. Edited by Neil G. Kotler. Papers and proceedings of a colloquium organized by the Smithsonian Institution. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution, 1990. xv, 265 pp.
No full textThe politics of agricultural mechanization in China : Benedict Stavis, (Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 1978) pp. 288, $17.50.
No full textChina's Industrial Revolution. By Stephen Andors. New York: Pantheon Books, 1977. xviii, 345 pp. Appendixes, Chart, Graphs, Tables, Notes, Bibliography, Index. 6.95 (paper).
No full textDer Huang-Ho und die historische Hydrotechnik in China. By Klaus Flessel. Tübingen: Klaus Flessel, 1974. viii, 270 pp. Chronology, Maps, Figures, Bibliography, Sources of Figures, Indexes. N.p.l. - Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China. By Charles Greer. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1979. xviii, 174 pp. Maps, Figures, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index. $10.95.
No full textEnvironmental Consciousness in Japan (<Special Issue>Environmental Consciousness in Southeast and East Asia: Comparative Studies of Public Perceptions of Environmental Problems in Hong Kong(China), Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam)
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