Climate change and water insecurity: Who bears the brunt? (A case of Yelenahalli Village, Bengaluru)
- Title
- Climate change and water insecurity: Who bears the brunt? (A case of Yelenahalli Village, Bengaluru)
- Creator
- Srisha A.; Yogeshwari S.
- Description
- Rapid urbanisation and neglect towards traditional water bodies have aggravated water security issues in isolated pockets. In the recent past, they have also manifested into natural disasters in major urban centres such as Bengaluru (Bangalore), Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. An examination of the problem is essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal on water security laid down by the United Nations in the context of climate change. This paper explores the various socio-economic costs of water scarcity through a case study of Yelenahalli village in Bengaluru. The study's preliminary results find that the encroachment of water bodies has led to a significant cost to households and local governments. Water scarcity is found to have a differential impact on poor and non-poor households in terms of access and the resultant water consumption due to the prevalence of price discrimination in the private water markets. The disparity in access to water is exacerbated despite the government's commencement of piped water supply due to worsening climate conditions and falling groundwater levels. The Author(s), 2023. All rights reserved.
- Source
- The Palgrave Handbook of Socio-Ecological Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: Contexts from a Developing Country, pp. 429-446.
- Date
- 2023-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Subject
- BWSSB piped water; Groundwater; Intermittent supply; Price discrimination; Private water tankers; Water security
- Coverage
- Srisha A., Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Yogeshwari S., Christ University, Yeswanthpur Campus, Bengaluru, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISBN: 978-981992206-2; 978-981992205-5
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Srisha A.; Yogeshwari S., “Climate change and water insecurity: Who bears the brunt? (A case of Yelenahalli Village, Bengaluru),” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18230.