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• Emerging trends in managing drinking water: case studies of coastal villages in Karnataka

  This paper is aimed at understanding the drinking water status and management approaches adopted in four coastal villages of Karnataka. Saltwater intrusion, seasonal scarcity and groundwater depletion are the common problems encountered

  • 01/12/2009

  • Institute for Social and Economic Change
  • • Groundwater
    • Water Management
    • Water Harvesting
    • Drinking Water
    • Karnataka
    • Coastal Regulation Zone Notification

• Fisheries and livelihoods in Tungabhadra basin, India: current status and future possibilities

  Management of water resources is crucial for supporting livelihoods, particularly marginal communities. The study aims at understanding the livelihood patterns of fishermen within the Tungabhadra sub basin, a tributary of river Krishna located in peninsular India. Household surveys, focus group discussions and interviews were carried out in order to understand the

  • 01/12/2009

  • Institute for Social and Economic Change
  • • Water Resources
    • Tungabhadra
    • Water Management
    • Fisheries
    • Aquaculture
    • Development
    • Fisherfolk
    • Women
    • India
    • Andhra Pradesh
    • Karnataka
    • Bangalore
    • River Basin
    • Latha N
    • Institute for Social and Economic Change
    • K V Raju
    • Manasi S