Water, land and India's economic expectations

In an atmosphere of globalization of trade, India is expecting strong economic growth at a steady rate over the foreseeable future. Although such an expectation may be reasonable from a perspective of commerce, an examination of India's water and land resources suggests that the potential for e...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 2008-12, Vol.95 (11), p.1525-1526
Main Author: Narasimhan, T. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Construction materials
Economic expectations
Economic growth rate
Groundwater
Humans
Land resources
Long run economic growth
OPINION
Soils
Water consumption
Water resources
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Summary:In an atmosphere of globalization of trade, India is expecting strong economic growth at a steady rate over the foreseeable future. Although such an expectation may be reasonable from a perspective of commerce, an examination of India's water and land resources suggests that the potential for even a modest rate of steady growth over the next several decades will be severely limited by the finite capacity of the water resource systems, and the vulnerability of the environment and ecosystems to unacceptable degradation.
ISSN:0011-3891