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Depoliticizing disasters: the need to break down water bureaucracy with the changing climate in South Asia

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The 2024 floods in India and Bangladesh, triggered by heavy rainfall and upstream runoff, affected millions and displaced hundreds of thousands. This disaster exposed critical gaps in transboundary water management, especially in the areas of data sharing and early warning systems between the two countries. We argue for the urgent need to depoliticize disasters and prioritize improving cross-border data-sharing mechanisms, adopting a decentralized approach to flood forecasting. Moreover, interdisciplinary strategies that combine both hydrological and socio-political insights are essential to effectively manage the human impacts of such disasters, which are expected to worsen with climate change in South Asia.

Source: International Journal of Water Resources Development

DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2024.2432576

Authors: Anamika Barua, Protiva Adhikary, Sumit Vij

Institutions: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Transboundary Water Resource Management

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Clean water and sanitation, Climate action, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4405249249

FWCI: 2.977

Cites: 14

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10