TY - GEN AU - Sethuram,Sharanya AU - Cooper,Malcolm TI - Chapter 6 Rivers and water security : Supply adaptation strategies in the city of Chennai, India PY - 2018/// PB - Taylor & Francis KW - Human geography KW - bicssc KW - Abhik Chakraborty KW - Alesia Maltz KW - Andrea Farminer KW - Dean P. Good Eagle Fox KW - darling KW - Eveline R. de Smalen KW - environmental KW - environments KW - flow KW - Graeme Evans KW - heritage KW - Jeremy S. Eades KW - Kazem Vafadari Mehrizi KW - Lucigleide Nery Nascimento KW - murray KW - Ronnie Mckenzie KW - resources KW - riverine KW - Shamik Chakraborty KW - Sharanya Sethuram KW - system KW - T.S. McMillin KW - Valerie Behiery KW - water N1 - Open Access N2 - Rivers and their watersheds constitute some of the most dynamic and complex landscapes. Rivers have sustained human communities, and human societies have utilized and altered river flows in a number of ways for millennia. However, the level of human impact on rivers, and on watershed environments, has become acute during the last hundred years or so. This book brings together empirical research and theoretical perspectives on the changing conditions of a range of river basin environments in the contemporary world, including the history and culture of local societies living in these river basins. It provides theoretical insights on the patterns and nature of the interaction between rivers and their use by human communities. The chapters are written from a variety of positions, including environmental science, hydrology, human ecology, urban studies, water management, historical geography, cultural anthropology and tourism studies. The case studies span different geographical regions, providing valuable insight on the multifaceted interactions between rivers and our societies, and on the changing riverscapes in different parts of the world. Specific detailed examples are included from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Iran, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46468/1/9781317396123-ch06.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46468/1/9781317396123-ch06.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/29785 ER -