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- W923551402 abstract "IntroductionThe water crisis of South Asia is owing to its water scarcity. The region is abode to one-quarter population of world. But the available fresh water are not ample to meet the need of such huge population. The fresh water available for human use is only 0.75% of total water on Earth. The fresh water's major source is rivers. The rivers are shared by many states and about 260 major river basins are shared by two or more states (Committee on Foreign Relations, 2011, p. 9).The South Asian region is under immense pressure owing to scarce water supply. Rapid increase in population, urbanization, industrialization and lack of water management has posed the region with a daunting situation of water scarcity. According to an estimate, by 2030, 60% of world population will be left with fresh water supply (John, 2011, p. 1). The region of South Asia has been declared as water scarce. The population has increased rapidly and now it is inhabited by about one-third of world population. The region is being drained by four major rivers and has four basins i-e, Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganges and Meghna (Khalid, 2012, p. 80). These major rivers have various tributaries which drain whole South Asian region.The issue of water is primarily caused by decreasing fresh water availability and trans-boundary water flows. Indian population will increase to 1.6 billion by 2050 putting immense pressure on water resources. By 2005, per capita water availability has reduced to 1731 cubic meters. In Bangladesh, the per capita water availability was 8444 cubic meters which is expected to reduce to 7670 cubic meters by 2025. Thus, the root of problem lies in being lower riparian state. The 90% water flow to Bangladesh is out of its boundaries (John, 2011, p. 3).The propensity of conflict of water in South Asia is due to shared waters, trans-boundary flows of waters and the control of flows of waters of one state by another state. All states of South Asia are facing water issue. India is the biggest state of the region having water controversies with all its neighbors. It has concluded water treaties with Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. But still the inconvenience due to Indian hegemonic designs in the region is evident by increasing concerns of al south Asian states on water availability and sharing. This region is witnessing rapid increase in population, industrialization and urbanization. These all factors have challenged the security of South Asia and issue of water has assumed a prominent position in politics.This study aims at scrutinizing the water issue in South Asia. The various reasons are explored in to get an inside in to the problem which may trigger serious conflict. This research revolves around certain aspects of the issue which have deep rooted relation with the issue and having propensity to escalate the crisis in to conflict .The questions around which this issue revolves are :Why is water issue a significant matter in politics? How does water scarcity affect state relations in South Asia? How can water scarcity be controlled by water governance and integrated water management?Place in literatureTroubled waters-Climate Change, Hydro politics and Trans boundary resources edited by David Michael and Amit Pandya is a research work on global water issue. It tries to examine the relationship of Climate Change and water issues globally. Among all the regions of the world South Asia faces most severe crisis being heavily populated and concentration of population around river basins. The issue's root cause is mal-administration of water resources, both fresh water and ground aquifers. South Asia being water scarce microcosm region depicts the volatility of the issue. But there are prospects of resolution of water issue as the issues on two great rivers of the region i-e, Indus and Brahmaputra were somehow resolved through treaties. Indus Water Treaty 1960, between India and Pakistan and Brahmaputra Agreement, 1977 between Bangladesh and India are two glaring examples. …" @default.
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- W923551402 title "Water Scarcity in South Asia: A Potential Conflict of Future Decades" @default.
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