Reservoirs Beneath: Groundwater sustainability in India's Ramganga river basin

This research studies groundwater sustainability in the Ramganga river basin of northern India. This region experiences a trifecta of hydrological stressors from groundwater over-extraction, frequent flooding during wet seasons, and agricultural droughts during dry seasons. There is a growing body of interventions known as...

Monsoonal Landscapes: Territorial adaptation through co-habitation in critical geographies

Emergence of humans as the dominant species of the planet have come along with extreme manipulation of the earth’s systems to sustain this dominance. The Anthropocene has lasted a little over 200 years has perhaps seen the most shift from completely natural systems to requiring an additional man-made system to aid exponential growth of our...

Multidisciplinary Project Cotton Water: Baseline study of designing sustainable instruments for smallholders in Maharashtra, India

This report represents the baseline study of the Project "Cotton Water", a collaboration between Solidaridad Asia, TU Delft and other participating instututions to improve the livelihood of cotton farmers in the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra, India. This baseline study was divided in three main steps: a desktop study, where high...

Drinking Water Security in Peri Urban India: A Case Study in Hyderabad

The thesis presents a study on the inequities in drinking water access and its consequent impact on drinking water security in three peri-urban villages around the city of Hyderabad in India namely, Gagillapur, Chintalcheru and Erdhanoor. It explains the existing drinking water situation and the reason behind existence of inequities in accessing...

'Living on the Edge': Water and the city of Pune