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1 Sanchez-Triana, E.; Ortolano, L.; Paul, T. 2018. Managing water-related risks in the West Bengal Sundarbans: policy alternatives and institutions. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(1):78-96. (Special issue: Politics and Policies for Water Resources Management in India). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1202099]
Water management ; Risk management ; Climate change ; Weather hazards ; Disaster preparedness ; Strategies ; Water policy ; Institutions ; Biodiversity conservation ; Coastal area ; Sea level ; Migration ; Incentives / India / West Bengal / Sundarbans
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048474)
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Persistent pressures from water-related threats – sea-level rise, soil and water salinization, and flooding due to embankment overtopping and failure – have made the West Bengal Sundarbans a challenging place to live, and effects of global climate change will only worsen conditions. Four alternative policy directions are examined: business as usual; intensive rural development; short-term out-migration of residents; and embankment realignment and facilitation of voluntary, permanent out-migration. The last of these is the recommended approach. Study findings have informed ongoing deliberations to build consensus on future policy directions for reducing the region’s vulnerability to natural disasters.
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