Livelihood security enhancement though innovative water management in dryland India. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Everard, Mark; West, Harry
• Is Part Of: Water international. Volume 46:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 82
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: Salt Lake region -- water security -- nature-based solutions -- chauka -- community-based management -- Rajasthan; Water -- Periodicals; Water-supply -- Periodicals; 333.9105
• DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2021.1874780
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0250-8060

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Locally nuanced community-based shallow groundwater management interventions have proven important in saline and sodic monsoonal regions. A mixed methods approach characterizes achievement of regeneration of the formerly degraded socio-ecological system of Laporiya village in the semi-arid Salt Lake region of Rajasthan state (India), with a focus on locally adapted chauka systems. Local people are key participants and agents as well as principal beneficiaries of innovative nature-based management interventions. Technological innovations and governance are adapted to environmental processes and local livelihood priorities, resisting imposed engineered solutions. Findings are transferrable to dryland areas facing similar challenges of declining water and livelihood security.