Integrated Assessment of Scale Impacts of Watershed Intervention. Assessing Hydrogeological and Bio-physical Influences on Livelihoods

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments

Part I. Setting
1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Rainfed Agriculture and WSD in India
1.3. Watershed Policies in India
1.4. WSD and Importance of Scale
1.5. Need for an Integrated Approach
1.6. About this Book
2. Analytical Framework, Study Design, and Methodology
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Strategic Conceptual and Methodological Issues
2.3. Assessing Scale Impacts of WSD: An Analytical Framework
2.4. Biophysical Modeling
2.5. Assessing Socioeconomic Impacts
2.6. Model of Integration: The BNs
2.7. Equity and Justice Issues
2.8. Stakeholder Engagement
2.9. Approach and Sampling Design
2.10. Profile of Sample Sites

Part II. Hydro-geological and Bio-physical Aspects of the Watersheds
3. Investigating Geophysical and Hydrogeological Variabilities and Their Impact on Water Resources in the Context of Meso-Watersheds
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Study Areas
3.3. Materials and Methods
3.4. Results and Findings
3.5. Discussion
3.6. Zones Suitable for Different Types of Artificial Recharge Interventions
3.7. Conclusion
4. Application of a Simple Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Model to Assess Mesoscale Watershed Development
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Model Development
4.3. Site Description and Model Parameterization
4.4. Results
4.5. Discussion
4.6. Conclusions
5. Modeling the Impact of Watershed Development on Water Resources in India
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Effective and Sustainable WSD: Hydrological Considerations
5.3. Study Sites in West Bengal
5.4. Data Collection
5.5. Modeling Hydrological Response
5.6. Application to Andhra Pradesh
5.7. Modification of the Original Model
5.8. Calibration and Validation Model on the Lakshmipuram Catchment
5.9. Applying the Model on an Ungauged Study Site in Andhra Pradesh
5.10. Discussion
5.11. Conclusion
6. Sustainable Watershed Development Design Methodology
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Methodology and Approach
6.3. Characterization of Biophysical Resources of the Study Sites
6.4. Description of HUNs
6.5. Land and Water Management Interventions through Watershed Programs
6.6. Assessment of Watershed Interventions on Hydrology of Watersheds
6.7. Conclusions

Part III. Socio-economic and Livelihood Impacts of Watersheds
7. Assessing Livelihood Impacts of Watersheds at Scale: An Integrated Approach
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Approach and Methods
7.3. Sample Selection and Profile of the Study Sites
7.4. Impact of WSD-The SRL Approach
7.5. Impact of WSD on Resilience
7.6. Factors Influencing Resilience
7.7. Conclusions
8. Evaluating the Determinants of Perceived Drought Resilience: An Empirical Analysis of Farmers' Survival Capabilities in Drought-Prone Regions of South India
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Methodology and Findings
8.3. Testing for the Impact of Watershed Interventions on Drought Resilience
8.4. Conclusion
9. Modeling Livelihood Indicators and Household Resilience using Bayesian Networks
9.1. Introduction
9.2. BNS
9.3. Capital Strength and Resilience BNS
9.4. Analyzing Social Capital using the BN Submodel
9.5. Synthesis
10. Justice and Equity in Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh
10.1. Introduction
10.2. A Comparative Evaluation of the Concept of Justice in Water Resources Management in Australia and India: The Role of Participatory and Property Rights Approaches
10.3. Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Alleviation: A Conceptual Framework Based on the Experience of WSD in Semi-Arid India
10.4. Community Views on Collective Action and the Equity of the WSD Process
10.5. Conclusion

Part IV. Integrating Science into Policy and Practice
11. High Stakes-Engagement with a Purpose
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Actual Process Adopted in the Project
11.3. Outcomes of the Process Adopted and Lessons Learned
11.4. Model for Effective Stakeholder Engagement-Need for and Issues Involved in Closer Engagement with Stakeholders
12. Exploring Implications of Climate, Land Use, and Policy Intervention Scenarios on Water Resources, Livelihoods, and Resilience
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Analysis Tools
12.3. Biophysical Scenarios
12.4. Social Scenario
12.5. Synthesis
13. Summary and Conclusion
13.1. Background
13.2. Hydrogeology and Biophysical Aspects
13.3. Socioeconomic Implications
13.4. The Approach to Integration
13.5. Putting Science to Practice
13.6. The Way Forward
Index

Authors

V. Ratna Reddy Director, Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute, Hyderabad, India.. Dr. V. Ratna Reddy is the Director, Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute, Hyderabad, India. He is an Economist specializing in Environmental economics and Natural Resource Management. He is a Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany. He was a visiting fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK and at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK. His current research interests include natural resources and environmental economics, livelihoods analysis and agricultural policy. He has more than hundred publications in International and Indian Journals. He has published Six books, including User Valuation of Renewable Natural Resources: The User Perspective (Nova Science publishers Inc, New York) and Managing Water Resources from Oxford University Press, New Delhi. Geoffrey J. Syme Professor of Planning in the Centre for Planning at Edith Cowan University in Australia.. Dr. Geoff Syme is Professor of Planning in the Centre for Planning at Edith Cowan University in Australia. Dr. Syme has 35 years of experience in social and interdisciplinary research on the effects of water management on societal outcomes. He has led large scale national and international research programs (>AUS 1.5 Mill) and has served as Research Director for CSIRO's Land and Water. He received a CSIRO medal for Research Excellence, and the Australian Water Association's Peter Hughes Water Award. He has published over 100 journal articles in a variety of disciplinary and multidisciplinary journals and is currently an Editor in Chief of the Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier). He regularly provides advice to National and International government and industry bodies. He provided substantial input to the National Water Commission's guide to incorporating ecological services into water planning. He is currently Project Leader on an ACIAR funded livelihoods based assessment of the effect of scale of Watershed Development in Andhra Pradesh, India.