Water Case study: Water futures for India and its neighbours

Question 1

Reasons for insecure water future

Answer 1

1. has considerable supplies of water provided by three of worlds major rivers - but monsoon climate creates extremes of flooding and drought
2. rapid pop growth + urbanisation, existence of large rural population and recent industrialsation are creating unsustainable demand for water
3. political divison of some of its major drainage basins does not help water management + disputes with neighbouring countries are ongoing