This study investigated climate change-induced shifts in irrigation water demand and supply of the major staple and water-intensive crops (wheat and rice) in the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra (IGB) river basins of South Asia. The study explores the usage of irrigation water during...

section 1. The politics of policy research in developing countries -- section 2. Food insecurity and political military conflict nexus -- section 3. Sustainable access to safe drinking water -- section 4. Civil-military unrest in South Asia : reflections -- section 5. Environmental and social...

"International organizations such as the World Bank began to intervene in the transboundary water governance of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin in the mid-2000s, and the South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) is its most ambitious project in this regard. This book identifies factors that...

pt. 1. Two models of expansion without borders : the European Mediterraneans -- pt. 2. Early outlines of an Asian Mediterranean : the predominance of tributary trade -- pt. 3. The overlapping of Western and Asian trading networks -- pt. 4. The arena of re-globalisation : the second birth of the...