Search Results - "Veena Srinivasan"

Sociohydrology: Scientific Challenges in Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals by Di Baldassarre, Giuliano, Sivapalan, Murugesu, Rusca, Maria, Cudennec, Christophe, Garcia, Margaret, Kreibich, Heidi, Konar, Megan, Mondino, Elena, Mård, Johanna, Pande, Saket, Sanderson, Matthew R., Tian, Fuqiang, Viglione, Alberto, Wei, Jing, Wei, Yongping, Yu, David J., Srinivasan, Veena, Blöschl, Günter

“…The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 represent an ambitious blueprint to reduce inequalities globally and achieve a…”
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From divine to design: Unearthing groundwater practices in Tamil Nadu, India by Andres Verzijl, Vivek M, Ankita Prayag, Veena Srinivasan, Carolina Domínguez-Guzmán, Margreet Zwarteveen

“…This paper describes two common groundwater logics in Tamil Nadu: that of dowsing and that of modelling. Both rely on intimate knowledge and great dedication…”
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Assessing the role of groundwater recharge from tanks in crystalline bedrock aquifers in Karnataka, India, using hydrochemical tracers by Brauns, Bentje, Chattopadhyay, Somsubhra, Lapworth, Dan J., Loveless, Sian E., MacDonald, Alan M., McKenzie, Andrew A., Sekhar, Muddu, Nara, Siva Naga Venkat, Srinivasan, Veena

“…•The role of recharge from tanks in crystalline aquifers in India has been assessed.•A suite of chemical tracers (stable isotopes, water chemistry) was…”
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Way Down in the Hole: Adaptation to Long-Term Water Loss in Rural India by Blakeslee, David, Fishman, Ram, Srinivasan, Veena

“…Worsening environmental conditions threaten to undermine progress in reducing rural poverty. Little is known, however, about the prospects for farmer…”
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The Groundwater Recovery Paradox in South India by Hora, Tejasvi, Srinivasan, Veena, Basu, Nandita B.

“…Reported groundwater recovery in South India has been attributed to both increasing rainfall and political interventions. Findings of increasing groundwater…”
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Do dams improve water security in India? A review of post facto assessments by Pradhan, Amruta, Srinivasan, Veena

“…Today India is the third largest dam building country in the world with over five thousand large dams. However, despite the significantly large expenditure,…”
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Disaggregated economic impact analysis incorporating ecological and social trade-offs and techno-institutional context: A case from the Western Ghats of India by Lele, Sharachchandra, Srinivasan, Veena

“…Economic valuation of ecosystem benefits and their aggregation in a benefit–cost analysis (BCA) framework is the norm in mainstream environmental economics…”
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The impact of urbanization on water vulnerability: A coupled human–environment system approach for Chennai, India by Srinivasan, Veena, Seto, Karen C., Emerson, Ruth, Gorelick, Steven M.

“…► Vulnerability to water shortages changes as cities grow. ► Water vulnerability is dynamic, spatially, and demographically variable. ► Household water…”
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Doing science that matters to address India’s water crisis by Srinivasan, Veena

“…India is one of the most water stressed countries in the world. However, despite appreciable increase in funding for water research, high quality science that…”
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Examining the emerging role of groundwater in water inequity in India by Srinivasan, Veena, Kulkarni, Seema

“…This article addresses a gap in the water equity literature arising from the simultaneous use of surface water and groundwater in India. Using two diverse case…”
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Assessing the impact of groundwater abstractions on aquifer depletion in the Cauvery Delta, India by Prayag, Ankita Girish, Zhou, Yangxiao, Srinivasan, Veena, Stigter, Tibor, Verzijl, Andres

“…Many of the world’s deltas are highly productive areas for agriculture as well as important places of socio-economic development but are currently under…”
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Creating Kaveri Delta beneath our feet: An experiment in grounding socio-hydrology in Tamil Nadu, India by Agrawal, Tanvi, Pompoes, Richard, Verzijl, Andres, Srinivasan, Veena, Nair, Jyoti, Huijbens, Edward, Kannadhasan, Kalaivendhan, Chokkalingam, Kuloth, Murugan, Vivek

“…•Care-ful research embraces difference and is selective on integration.•Groundwater behaviour in the Kaveri delta defies being captured by a single logic or…”
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Exploring the use of data and models in transboundary water governance by ter Horst, Rozemarijn, Srinivasan, Veena, Wheeler, Kevin, Timmerman, Jos, van der Zaag, Pieter

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A process‐based approach to attribution of historical streamflow decline in a data‐scarce and human‐dominated watershed by Penny, Gopal, Srinivasan, Veena, Apoorva, R., Jeremiah, Kirubaharan, Peschel, Joshua, Young, Sierra, Thompson, Sally

“…Human activities have resulted in rapid hydrological change around the world, in many cases producing shifts in the dominant hydrological processes,…”
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Sustainable urban water supply in south India: Desalination, efficiency improvement, or rainwater harvesting? by Srinivasan, Veena, Gorelick, Steven M., Goulder, Lawrence

“…Indian megacities face severe water supply problems owing to factors ranging from growing population to high municipal pipe leakage rates; no Indian city…”
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A hydrologic-economic modeling approach for analysis of urban water supply dynamics in Chennai, India by Srinivasan, Veena, Gorelick, Steven M., Goulder, Lawrence

“…In this paper, we discuss a challenging water resources problem in a developing world city, Chennai, India. The goal is to reconstruct past system behavior and…”
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Examining the emerging role of groundwater in water inequity in India: TOWARDS EQUITABLE WATER GOVERNANCE by SRINIVASAN, Veena, KULKARNI, Seema

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Adapting to climate change in rapidly urbanizing river basins: insights from a multiple-concerns, multiple-stressors, and multi-level approach by Lele, Sharachchandra, Srinivasan, Veena, Thomas, Bejoy K., Jamwal, Priyanka

“…Much of the research on climate change adaptation in rapidly urbanizing developing regions focuses primarily on adaptation or resilience as the goal, assumes…”
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Adapting or Chasing Water? Crop Choice and Farmers' Responses to Water Stress in Peri‐Urban Bangalore, India by Patil, Vikram S., Thomas, Bejoy K., Lele, Sharachchandra, Eswar, Meghana, Srinivasan, Veena

“…Unregulated groundwater extraction has led to declining groundwater tables and increasing water scarcity in the Indian subcontinent. Understanding how farmers…”
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Contribution of sewage treatment to pollution abatement of urban streams by Jamwal, Priyanka, Zuhail, T. Md, Urs, Praveen Raje, Srinivasan, Veena, Lele, Sharachchandra

“…In this study, we assessed the efficiency and effectiveness of the Vrishabhavathy Valley Treatment plant (VVTP) in Bengaluru city, which is the oldest STP in…”
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