Open AccessTHE HYDROPOLITICS OF SOUTH ASIA: AN ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Muhammad Imran Mehsud,
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Tariq Anwar Khan,
Iqra Jalal,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2710-3137
pISSN - 2710-3129
DOI - 10.52567/pjsr.v3i02.200
Subject(s) - indus , water security , riparian zone , south asia , water scarcity , geography , water resource management , population , water resources , water supply , water trading , irrigation , water conservation , environmental science , agriculture , environmental engineering , geology , history , paleontology , ecology , ethnology , demography , archaeology , structural basin , sociology , habitat , biology
This paper gives a comprehensive analysis of hydropolitics of the region of South Asia. It discusses different types of water issues prevalent in the region. However, its primary focus is on the water disputes between India and Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and Pakistan and Afghanistan. This paper argues that water security has assumed great importance in South Asia because of the demand-supply gap of water. Such a regional water deficit is due to a number of factors which include climate change, over-population, intensive use of water in irrigation, and the changing lifestyle. This water crisis has resulted in regional co-riparian water disputes. These water disputes are gaining complexity due to different regional dynamics like power imbalances, upper-lower riparian syndrome, territorial disputes, and trust deficit. Keywords: South Asia, Hydro politics, Water, Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra