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100			_aMehta, Lyla
245			_aContexts and constructions of water scarcity
260			_c2003
300			_ap.5066-072.
362			_a29 Nov
520			_aWhat makes water scarce? This paper argues that water scarcity is both `real' and `constructed'. While manufactured through political and policy processes, a combination of socio-political, discursive and institutional factors, water scarcity is experienced in terms of real, tangible effects. By focusing on the case of `water-scarce' Kutch and its relationship with the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project, this paper argues that state discourses and programmes essentialise scarcity as a natural phenomenon that enables the political legitimisation of large dams. In the process, they also marginalise local knowledge systems and livelihood strategies that are adapted to conditions of uncertain and limited water supply. - Reproduced.
650			_aWater conservation
650			_aWater supply
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
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