HOMESEEKERS: A BOOK OF AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES
CONTENTS 1 THE AGRICULTURAL GROUNDWATER REVOLUTION: SETTING THE STAGE I THE SITUATION: OVERVIEW OF REGIONAL AND TOPICAL ISSUES 2 THE GROUNDWATER ECONOMY OF SOUTH ASIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF SIZE, SIGNIFICANCE AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS 3 THE DEVELOPMENT, CHALLENGES AND MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER IN RURAL CHINA 4 RURAL ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS: GROUNDWATER USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES 5 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: OPPORTUNISTIC EXPLOITATION 6 GROUNDWATER IN CENTRAL AMERICA: ITS IMPORTANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND USE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITS ROLE IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE II CURRENT MANAGEMENT PARADIGMS 7 COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER 8 INSTRUMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT 9 WHEN THE WELL RUNS DRY BUT LIVELIHOOD CONTINUES: ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO GROUNDWATER DEPLETION AND STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING THE ASSOCIATED IMPACTS III CASE STUDIES AND INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCE 10 THE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE MOVEMENT IN INDIA 11 ENERGY–IRRIGATION NEXUS IN SOUTH ASIA: IMPROVING GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION AND POWER SECTOR VIABILITY 12 TO ADAPT OR NOT TO ADAPT: THE DILEMMA BETWEEN LONG-TERM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SHORT-TERM LIVELIHOOD 13 LESSONS FROM INTENSIVE GROUNDWATER USE IN SPAIN: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS AND CONFLICTS 14 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER IN THE USA: LEGAL PROBLEMS AND INNOVATIONS 15 INSTITUTIONAL DIRECTIONS IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA 16 SHARING GROUNDWATER INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ON A WORLDWIDE SCALE 17 GROUNDWATER USE IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE – CAN IT BE MANAGED?