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Design for Autonomy: Water Resources in Ladakh

Design for Autonomy: Water Resources in Ladakh

Carey Clouse
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522596219|ISBN10: 1522596216|EISBN13: 9781522596226
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch018
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Clouse, Carey. "Design for Autonomy: Water Resources in Ladakh." Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 388-403. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch018

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Clouse, C. (2020). Design for Autonomy: Water Resources in Ladakh. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 388-403). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch018

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Clouse, Carey. "Design for Autonomy: Water Resources in Ladakh." In Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 388-403. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch018

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Abstract

This chapter describes one series of climate-adaptive design innovations found in Ladakh, north India. Five different water management techniques chart the region's unique and highly specialized response to water scarcity, and in so doing highlight important lessons for climate-adaptive planning elsewhere. In this case study, the dispersed, community-based water management strategies practiced in Ladakh suggest a level of design thinking that supports environmental stewardship, economic autonomy, cultural consciousness and social cohesion.

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