01011pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002700040245007400067260000900141300001400150362001100164520058100175650004400756650003100800773003400831180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBandyopadhyay, Jayanta  aWater systems management in South Asia: need for a research framework  c2007  ap.863-74.  a10 Mar  aGiven its population density and poverty, on the one hand, and rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, on the other, south Asia seems to be facing an incipient water crisis not due to water shortage but intergovernmental conflicts. The knowledge base needed to research water systems management and deal with these conflicts has been neglected by countries in the region and only a trans-disciplinary approach, including the engineering and medical sciences along with social, political and economic expertise, will help in poverty alleviation and development. - Reproduced.  aWater resources management - South Asia  aWater resources management  aEconomic and Political Weekly