Indigenous and local water knowledge, values and practices / Mrittika Basu, Rajarshi DasGupta, editors.
Basu, Mrittika.; DasGupta, Rajarshi.
2023
GF75 .I54 2023
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Title Indigenous and local water knowledge, values and practices / Mrittika Basu, Rajarshi DasGupta, editors.
ISBN 9789811994067 electronic book
9811994064 electronic book
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9406-7
Published Singapore : Springer, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (323 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-19-9406-7 doi
Call Number GF75 .I54 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 333.910089
Summary This book provides a knowledge base of the existing Indigenous and local water knowledge, values, and practices, and how this water knowledge can be mainstreamed into the decision-making process. The book not only demonstrates the perks of using Indigenous knowledge but also illustrates the barriers and gaps that should be considered while planning for mainstreaming traditional knowledge and values at a local scale. The chapters incorporate case studies from various parts of the world demonstrating how Indigenous, and religious and cultural values of water have translated into water use and conservation behavior among Indigenous people ensuring resource sustainability over a long period of time. There has been global attention towards combining Indigenous and local knowledge with new information and innovation to attain future water security. In this regard, this book is timely, relevant, and significant as it is the first attempt, as per the best of our knowledge, to publish a book that solely addresses Indigenous and local knowledge, values, and practices regarding water management, quality monitoring, use, and conservation. With increasing emphasis on the inclusion of Indigenous and local knowledge into natural resource governance and conservation by international agencies like the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the proposed book will significantly contribute to the existing knowledge base and demonstrate the importance of mainstreaming Indigenous water knowledge and practices into water governance and decision making. The UN SDGs, recognizing the significance of Indigenous knowledge systems, emphasized its inclusion in most aspects and principles of SDGs. Apart from direct links with SDGs like zero hunger (SDG 2), no poverty (SDG 1), and climate action (SDG 13), Indigenous and local knowledge system is considered to be directly connected to clean water and sanitation (SDG 6). The book will be useful to researchers and students in the field of Indigenous knowledge and education, water governance, community-level planning, and water sustainability. The book can be referred to for postgraduate courses and beyond, as well as policymakers, conservationists, non-governmental organizations, development practitioners, and local government officials.
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DasGupta, Rajarshi.
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Chapter 1. Exploring Indigenous Water Knowledge, Values and Practices: Insights and Examples
Chapter 2. A political-economic analysis of water, indigeneity, and capitalism in the face of climate change
Chapter 3. Water Symbolism in Hindu Culture
Chapter 4. Ways of Water Management in Islam: Potential Insights for Future Water Governance
Chapter 5. Water and Shintoism: Exploring the link between spirituality and water values in Japan
Chapter 6.Muslim Peoples and the Challenges of Water Security: A Socio-Anthropological Analysis
Chapter 7.Indigenous water knowledge: Religious values and cultural practices
Chapter 8.Bringing Back the Wisdom: Tradition in Urban Water Management
Chapter 9. Interactions between Changing Climates and Land Uses: The Case of Urmia Lake, Iran
Chapter 10. Indigenous water governance systems in a post-colonial state: Insights from Zimbabwe
Chapter 11. Benefits of reviving Indigenous water conservation practices for drought resilience in red and laterite zones of West Bengal, India
Chapter 12. Local Knowledge on Water Use and Water-related Ecosystem Services in Lowland, Midland, and Upland Villages in Mindanao, Philippines
Chapter 13. Indigenous knowledge, practices, and transformation of drinking water management system: Evidence from Munda community of Bangladesh
Chapter 14.The cultural approach for community-based conservation of river basins: a case study of the Basin School Network, Taiwan
Chapter 15. Indigenous knowledge and conservation practices for sustainable water management in lateritic Southwest Bengal, India
Chapter 16. Importance of womens Indigenous knowledge of water conservation and management in Sri Lanka
Chapter 17. Role of ponds as a local practice in mitigating salinity intrusion threats at coastal aquifer: a case study from Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India
Chapter 18. The water cult and conservation in India.-Chapter 19.Concluding reflections on the Indigenous and local water knowledge, values, and practices, and lessons learned.

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