India's Water Future to 2025-2050: Business-as-Usual Scenario and Deviations

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorAmarasinghe, Upali A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShah, Tushaaren_US
dc.contributor.authorTurral, Hughen_US
dc.contributor.authorAnand, B. K.en_US
dc.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T15:11:40Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T15:11:40Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.date.submitted2008-09-23en_US
dc.date.submitted2008-09-23en_US
dc.description.abstract"With a rapidly expanding economy many changes are taking place in India today. The business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, which assumes the continuation of current trends of key water demand drivers, will meet the future food demand. However, it leads to a severe regional water crisis by 2050, where many river basins will reach closure, will be physically water-scarce and will have regions with severely overexploited groundwater resources. While the alternative scenarios of water demand show both optimistic and pessimistic water futures, the scenario with additional productivity growth is the most optimistic, with significant scope for reducing future water demand."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/4012
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesInternational Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIWMI Research Reports, no. 123en_US
dc.subjecteconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectcropsen_US
dc.subjectfood supplyen_US
dc.subjectriver basinsen_US
dc.subjectwater managementen_US
dc.subjectpopulation growthen_US
dc.subjectgroundwateren_US
dc.subjectirrigationen_US
dc.subjectdiversityen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.titleIndia's Water Future to 2025-2050: Business-as-Usual Scenario and Deviationsen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
RR123.pdf
Size:
1.21 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Working Paper