Water Security or Security of Water? A Conceptual Analysis

Sangeeta Thapliyal
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Sangeeta Thapliyal: Sangeeta Thapliyal is Professor of South Asian Studies in the Centre for South, Central, South East Asian and West Pacific Studies, SIS, JNU. sangeetathapliyal@gmail.com

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, 2011, vol. 67, issue 1, 19-35

Abstract: The present article tries to understand the concept of water security. What is the threshold beyond which water qualifies to be a security issue? Do our security concerns emanate from the conflictual interests emanating from demand and supply, riparian rights of the intra- or inter-state actors or the ownership of the resource? Does the resource study get special attention from the people, national or international actors, when water falls within the security zone? Do efforts to meet the requirements of people and state end up in securitising water as a resource.

Keywords: Water security; security of water; water in South Asia; concept of water security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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