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1 Mohile, A. D.; Anand, B. K. 2009. Natural flows assessment and creating alternative future scenarios for major river basins of peninsular India. In Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Shah, Tushaar; Malik, R. P. S. (Eds.). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India, Series 1: India’s water future: scenarios and issues. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) pp.381-403.
River basins ; Flow ; Estimation ; Hydrology ; Models ; Water transfer ; Water use ; Runoff ; Evapotranspiration ; Reservoirs ; Water storage ; Environmental flows ; Water balance ; Irrigation efficiency / India / Brahmani Baitarni River Basin / Cauvery River Basin / Godavari River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Mahanadi River Basin / Narmada River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 AMA Record No: H042048)
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2 Mollinga, P. P.; Dixit, A.; Athukorala, K. (Eds.) 2006. Integrated water resources management: global theory, emerging practice and local needs. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications. 403p. (Water in South Asia, Vol. 1)
Water resource management ; River basin management ; Governance ; Water policy ; Hydrology ; Models ; Water balance ; Water power ; Stakeholders ; Translocation ; Irrigated farming ; Rural development ; Water pollution ; Stakeholders ; Water transfer ; Drought ; Water use ; Dams / South Asia / Sri Lanka / India / Germany / Kalthota Irrigation Scheme / Thuruwila / South Maharashtra / Walawe River / Samanala Wewa Hydropower Project / Noyyal River Basin / Cauvery River Basin / Satara / Tembhu Scheme / Uchangi Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 MOL Record No: H042112)
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3 Lannerstad, M.; Molden, David. 2009. Adaptive water resource management in the South Indian Lower Bhavani Project Command Area. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 30p. (IWMI Research Report 129) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.128]
Irrigation programs ; Water resource management ; River basins ; Water scarcity ; Irrigation canals ; Reservoirs ; Crop management ; Case studies ; History ; Rice ; Irrigated farming ; Groundwater ; Supplemental irrigation / India / Tamil Nadu / Lower Bhavani Project / Cauvery River Basin / Bhavani River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G635 LAN Record No: H042208)
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This report explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) based on a detailed field study in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A five-step framework is used to analyze the extent to which AWM is practiced and how it could be improved. The analysis shows that the LBP system has increasingly fulfilled the criteria of a complex adaptive system over the years. The main uncertainty factor, rainfall variability, has been considered in a stepwise way during the system change cycles and has been included in the LBP system design. The study shows that in spite of contending with an imperfect irrigation system design and intense competition for water resources, water resource managers and farmers are able to adapt and continue to reap benefits from a productive agricultural system.
4 Kuppannan, Palanisami; Ranganathan, C. R.; Nagothu, U. S.; Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy. 2014. Climate change and agriculture in India: studies from selected river basins. New Delhi, India: Routledge. 339p.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Agricultural production ; Crops ; Rice ; Cropping patterns ; River basins ; Technology ; Costs ; Financing ; Water management ; Water availability ; Water use ; Water saving ; Water User Associations ; Socioeconomic environment ; Impact assessment ; Income ; Supplemental irrigation ; Wells ; Models ; Land use ; Seasonality ; Indicators / India / Godavari River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Cauvery River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.19 G635 KUP Record No: H046228)
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5 Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnston, Robyn; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2015. Climate change and agricultural water management in developing countries. Wallingford, UK: CABI. 227p. (CABI Climate Change Series 8)
Climate change ; Agricultural development ; Agricultural production ; Sustainable agriculture ; Adaptation ; Water management ; Water requirements ; Water conservation ; Water accounting ; Water resources ; Water demand ; Water scarcity ; Water use ; Water rights ; Water rates ; Groundwater ; International waters ; Irrigation water ; Irrigation management ; Coastal area ; Sea level ; Salt water intrusion ; Deltas ; Food production ; Crop production ; Rice ; River basins ; Living standards ; Irrigated farming ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission ; Economic aspects ; Environmental effects ; Rainfall patterns ; Temperature ; Precipitation ; Evapotranspiration ; Meteorological stations / China / Philippines / India / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Huang-Huai-Hai Plain / Mekong Delta / Syr Darya Basin / Godavari River Basin / Krishna River Basin / Cauvery River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047367)
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/publications/other-publication-types/ca-cabi-series/climate-change-and-agricultural-water-management-in-developing-countries/
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047367_TOC.pdf
http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047367_TOC.pdf
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6 Kakumanu, Krishna Reddy; Kuppannan, Palanisami; Aggarwal, Pramod Kumar; Ranganathan, C. R.; Nagothu, U. S. 2015. Adaptation strategies to address the climate change impacts in three major river basins in India. In Hoanh, Chu Thai; Johnston, Robyn; Smakhtin, Vladimir. Climate change and agricultural water management in developing countries. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.97-119. (CABI Climate Change Series 8)
Climate change ; Adaptation ; River basins ; Food security ; Living standards ; Irrigation water ; Crop yield ; Rice ; Farm income ; Water use ; Farmers / India / Godavari River basin / Krishna River basin / Cauvery River basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047374)
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7 Bhave, A. G.; Conway, D.; Dessai, S.; Stainforth, D. A. 2018. Water resource planning under future climate and socioeconomic uncertainty in the Cauvery River Basin in Karnataka, India. Water Resources Research, 54(2):708-728. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020970]
Water resources ; Planning ; Climate change adaptation ; Socioeconomic development ; Decision making ; Uncertainty ; Water availability ; Water demand ; Stakeholders ; River basins ; Precipitation ; Models / India / Karnataka / Cauvery River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048761)
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/2017WR020970
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048761.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048761.pdf
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Decision-Making Under Uncertainty (DMUU) approaches have been less utilized in developing countries than developed countries for water resources contexts. High climate vulnerability and rapid socioeconomic change often characterize developing country contexts, making DMUU approaches relevant. We develop an iterative multi-method DMUU approach, including scenario generation, coproduction with stakeholders and water resources modeling. We apply this approach to explore the robustness of adaptation options and pathways against future climate and socioeconomic uncertainties in the Cauvery River Basin in Karnataka, India. A water resources model is calibrated and validated satisfactorily using observed streamflow. Plausible future changes in Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) precipitation and water demand are used to drive simulations of water resources from 2021 to 2055. Two stakeholder-identified decision-critical metrics are examined: a basin-wide metric comprising legal instream flow requirements for the downstream state of Tamil Nadu, and a local metric comprising water supply reliability to Bangalore city. In model simulations, the ability to satisfy these performance metrics without adaptation is reduced under almost all scenarios. Implementing adaptation options can partially offset the negative impacts of change. Sequencing of options according to stakeholder priorities into Adaptation Pathways affects metric satisfaction. Early focus on agricultural demand management improves the robustness of pathways but trade-offs emerge between intrabasin and basin-wide water availability. We demonstrate that the fine balance between water availability and demand is vulnerable to future changes and uncertainty. Despite current and long-term planning challenges, stakeholders in developing countries may engage meaningfully in coproduction approaches for adaptation decision-making under deep uncertainty.
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