This paper shows that winds of change are blowing in the dry zones of north-central Sri Lanka, the original hydraulic civilisation of the world. The social organisation of tank irrigation - which for centuries had combined a stylised land-use pattern, a system of highly differentiated property rights, and elaborate rules of community management of tank irrigation - has now been morphing in response to demographic pressures, market signals, technical change and modernisation. What are the lessons for south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa?
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ancient-small-tank-irrigation-sri-lanka-continuity-and-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/tushaar-shah
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/madar-samad
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ranjith-ariyaratne-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tank-irrigation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-inputs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wells
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-irrigation
