Contents:
List of Tables, Figures and Appendix;
Preface;
1. Water: An Ecological Perspective;
Introduction;
Irrigation: Development and Degradation;
Water and Public Policy;
Need, Approach and Context;
Structure of the Book;
2. Irrigation Expenditure: Continuing the Imbalance;
Introduction;
Potential and Status of Water Resources in Andhra Pradesh;
Trends in Irrigation Expenditure in Andhra Pradesh;
Pattern of Public Expenditure;
Conclusions;

3. The ‘Big Push’: New Strategy for Irrigation Development and Distribution;
Introduction;
Irrigation Development and Distribution in Andhra Pradesh: Past and Present;
Irrigation Development and Distribution: Future;
Bridging the Disparities: Costs and Constraints;
Conclusions;
4. Managing the Surface Systems: Lessons for Formalisation;
Background;
Setting;
Framework and Approach;
Structure, Organisation and Functioning of WUAs;
Effectiveness of WUAs: Household Level;
Assessment;
Informal versus Formal Institutions;
Effectiveness of WUAs: Formal versus Informal;
Irrigation Reforms in Andhra Pradesh: A Missed Opportunity?;
5. Neglect of Natural Capital: Rehabilitation and Management of Tank Systems;
Background;
Setting;
Approach;
Profile of the Sample Villages;
Impact of Tank Restoration: Economic and Ecological Ecological Impact;
Tank Rehabilitation: A Cost-Benefit Analysis;
Need for Sustaining the Systems;
Lessons for Future;
6. Groundwater: Development and Degradation
Background;
Conceptual Framework;
Empirical Approach;
Resource Degradation and Externalities;
Costs of Degradation Externalities;
Public Policy and Environment;
7. Who Cares for Water Use Efficiency? Adoption of System of Rice Intensification (SRI);
Background;
Data and Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
8. Water Quality: The Blind Spot;
Introduction;
Data and Methodology;
Impact of Industrial Pollution: An Economic Analysis;
Water Pollution: Policy and Institutional Failure;
9. Water Security and Management: Need for an Integrated Approach;
Introduction;
Imbalances in Resource Management;
Water: Failure from All Fronts;
Towards an Integrated Approach;
References;
Index.