Senior Researcher

Dr. Saravanan Subramanian

 
 
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Department ZEF A: Department of Political and Cultural Change
Research areas - Environmental Change
- Governance and Conflict
- Health
Research countries - India
- Nepal
- Uzbekistan
Research topic New institutionalism, complex system, water and health, IWRM, integated modelling
Projects Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land- and Water Use in the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan) http://www.zef.de/khorezm.0.html

Water Resources Institutions and Human Health in a Peri-Urban Region in Surat City, India. www.zef.de/1649.html
Publications

Saravanan V.S., P. Mollinga and J. Bogardi. 2011. Global change, wastewater and health in fast growing economies. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 3: 1-6.
Further Information: www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/aip/18773435 .

Saravanan.V.S. 2010. Negotiating participatory irrigation management in the Indian Himalayas. Agriculture Water Management, 97: 651-658.
Further Information: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.003;

Saravanan.V.S. 2010. Movers, Shakers and Power Brokers: Agents in Negotiated Water Management in the Indian Himalayas. In: Peter P. Mollinga, Anjali Bhat and Saravanan V.S. (eds.): WHEN POLICY MEETS REALITY: Political Dynamics and the Practice of Integration in Water Resources Management Reform. LIT Verlag, 27-60.

Saravanan.V.S., McDonald, G.T., van Horen, Basil and David Ip. 2010. 'Policies are never implemented, but negotiated ' - Analysing integration of policies in managing water using a Bayesian network. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 2(2): 117-136.
Further Information: www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a921101574~db=all~jumptype=rss

Saravanan.V.S., Peter.P. Mollinga and Shahbaz Khan. 2010. Guest Editorial: Water Pollution and Human Health in South Asia - Exploing the Linkages. Asian Journal of Water Environment and Pollution, 7(1): 1-4.
Further Information: www.iospress.nl/loadtop/load.php?isbn=09729860

Saravanan.V.S. 2009. DANCING TO THE TUNE OF DEMOCRACY: Agents Negotiating Power to Decentralise Water Management. ZEF Working Paper, 46:
Further Information: www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_wp/WP46_Saravanan.pdf

Saravanan.V.S. 2009. INTEGRATION OF POLICIES IN FRAMING WATER MANAGEMENT PROBLEM IN THE INDIAN HIMALAYAS: Analysing the Policy processes using Bayesian Network. ZEF Working Paper, 45:
Further Information: www.zef.de/fileadmin/webfiles/downloads/zef_wp/WP45_Saravanan.pdf

Saravanan.V.S. 2009. Decentralisation and Water Resources Management in the Indian Himalayas: The Contribution of New Institutional Theories. Conservation and Society, 7 (3): 183-199.
Further Information: www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2009;volume=7;issue=3;spage=176;epage=191;aulast=Saravanan

Saravanan.V.S., Geoff T McDonald and Peter P Mollinga. 2009. CRITICAL REVIEW OF IWRM: Moving Beyond Polarised Discourses. Natural Resource Forum, 33(1): 76-86.

Saravanan.V.S. 2008. ‘Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Negotiating Water Management at the Local Level in South Asia’. In: K. Lahiri and R. Wasson (eds.): Water First. Issues and Challenges for Nations and Communities in South Asia. Sage Publication, London, UK, 224-243.

Saravanan.V.S.. 2008. . A systems approach to unravel complex water management institutions. Ecological Complexity, 5 (3): 202-215.

Saravanan.V.S.. 2008. Idealistic Images of Watershed Development- Constructive Engagement with Critiques on the Common Guidelines. E Social Sciences,
Further Information: www.eSocialSciences.com/data/articles/Document12122008250.3736383.doc

Saravanan.V.S.. 2006. Integrated Water Resources Management: A Response. Economic and Political Weekly, 41 (38): 4086-4087.
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Joel Ruet, Saravanan,V.S and Marie-Helene Zerah. 2002. Water and Sanitation Scenario in Indian Metropolitan Cities. Centre for Sciences and Humanise (CSH), French Institutes of India, French Embassy,, New Delhi, Occasional Paper Series No. 6.
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Saravanan.V.S. 2002. Institutionalising community-based watershed management in India: elements of institutional sustainability. Water, Science and Technology, 45.11: 113-124.
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Saravanan.V.S. 2002. Establishing River Basin Organisations: Holds Little Water’. Business Line, Publication from the The Hindu, August 19:
Further Information: www.hindubusinessline.com/2000/08/09/stories/0409745a.htm

Saravanan.V.S. 1999. Assessment of Water Supply Options in Urban India. Submitted to SANDRP for World Commission on Dams,

Saravanan.V.S.. 1999. River Basins Organisations in India – Institutional Frameworks and Management Options. In: Submited to SANDRP for World Commission on Dams (eds.): . 30.
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