TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Anantha, K H
TI  - Economic implications of groundwater exploitation in hard rock areas of southern peninsular India
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-012-9394-0
JF  - Environment, Development and Sustainability
SN  - 1573-2975
PB  - Springer Netherlands
N2  - The present paper analyses the consequences of groundwater exploitation by
using ?eld-level data collected from two distinct well irrigated areas of Karnataka. The
study results show that the consequences arising out of groundwater overexploitation are
severe in high well interference area compared to low well interference area. The burden of
well failure is more or less equally shared by all categories of farmers but small farmers are
the worst victims of resource scarcity. As a result, overexploitation of groundwater has
different impacts on different categories of farmers in terms of access to groundwater, cost
and returns to groundwater irrigation and its negative externality cost. The study suggests
maintaining inter-well distance to prevent resource mining and calls for supply and
demand side interventions. The institutional reform is necessary to restore surface water
bodies to facilitate aquifer recharge.
KW  - Farming community
KW  -  Groundwater
KW  -  Hard rock areas
KW  -  Irrigation
KW  -  Overexploitation
Y1  - 2013///
SP  - 587
ID  - icrisat6175
EP  - 606
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
ER  -