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All Paths Lead to Rain: Explaining why Watershed Development in India Does Not Alleviate the Experience of Water Scarcity
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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:28 authored by Zareen Pervez Bharucha, David Smith, Jules PrettyWatershed development (WSD) projects in India are key to meeting a range of human development goals in rain-fed agrarian landscapes. However, outcomes are often observed to be partial and short-lived. We offer a novel perspective on the reasons. Our analysis shows that the dominant ‘water narratives’ of WSD policy and practice and the lived experience of local people contribute to a naturalisation of water scarcity, resulting in widespread views that WSD is primarily a means for increasing irrigation water supply. We show how this over-simplifies the complex problem of agricultural water use and perversely contributes to a continuing experience of water scarcity rather than its resolution.
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50Issue number
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1209-1225Publication title
Journal of Development StudiesISSN
1743-9140External DOI
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Taylor & FrancisLanguage
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2018-10-22Legacy creation date
2018-10-18Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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