FRONT COVER -- WATER INSECURITY: A SOCIAL DILEMMA -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES -- BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE VOLUME -- PREFACE -- PART I - INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 DEFINING WATER INSECURITY -- INTRODUCTION -- WATER SECURITY VERSUS WATER INSECURITY -- FACTORS THAT AFFECT WATER INSECURITY -- WATER INSECURITY ACROSS THE WORLD -- THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL DILEMMA RELATED TO WATER INSECURITY -- ABOUT THE BOOK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART II - WATER QUALITY ISSUES -- CHAPTER 2 GLOBAL CONTEXT OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURE, ORIGIN, AND EXTENT OF GROUNDWATER ARSENIC -- EFFECTS OF ARSENIC -- ARSENIC-REMOVAL METHODS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 COMMUNITY-LEVEL ARSENIC MITIGATION PRACTICES IN SOUTH WESTERN PART OF BANGLADESH -- INTRODUCTION -- EXTENT OF ARSENIC POISONING -- IMPACTS OF ARSENIC POLLUTION -- MITIGATION STRATEGY -- WATER INSECURITY AND ARSENIC: LINKAGE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS FOR ARSENIC RISK MITIGATION IN WEST BENGAL: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM -- CONSEQUENCES OF ARSENIC CONTAMINATION -- INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ARSENIC MITIGATION -- SOCIAL PROVISION OF RISK MINIMIZATION -- EMERGING CHALLENGES -- WAY FORWARD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN THE LOWER GANGETIC MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM -- HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN MARINE AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT: AN OVERVIEW -- DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY SITE -- AQUATIC HEALTH: A TIME SERIES ANALYSIS -- TREND OF HEAVY METAL LOAD IN TIGER PRAWN MUSCLE -- MITIGATION STRATEGY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 SALINITY SCENARIO IN MEKONG, GANGES, AND INDUS RIVER DELTAS.

INTRODUCTION -- BRIEF SCENARIO OF DELTAS -- FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WATER SALINITY -- ADVERSE IMPACTS -- WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7 SALINITY-INDUCED LIVELIHOOD STRESS IN COASTAL REGION OF BANGLADESH -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERALL SALINITY SCENARIO IN COASTAL BANGLADESH -- CAUSES OF SALINITY INTRUSION -- IMPACT OF SALINITY INTRUSION -- ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TOWARD SALINITY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 RISING WATER SALINITY: A THREAT TO MANGROVES OF INDIAN SUNDARBANS -- INTRODUCTION -- IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVES -- FACTORS REGULATING THE NURSERY ROLE OF MANGROVE HABITAT -- INDIAN MANGROVE SCENARIO -- UNIQUENESS OF INDIAN SUNDARBAN MANGROVES -- SALINITY ALTERATION: AN INSECURE CONDITION OF THE SUNDARBAN MANGROVES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART III - WATER QUANTITY ISSUES -- CHAPTER 9 WATER SCARCITY AND MIGRATION: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENT AND MIGRATION: THE LINKAGE -- WATER SCARCITY: LINK WITH HUMAN MIGRATION -- MIGRATION AND WATER IN INDIA -- WATER INSECURITY-INDUCED MIGRATION IN INDIA -- WAY FORWARD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 DROUGHT SCENARIO IN BANGLADESH -- INTRODUCTION -- OCCURRENCE OF DROUGHTS IN BANGLADESH -- DEFINITION OF DROUGHT -- TYPES OF DROUGHT -- CAUSES OF DROUGHT -- DROUGHT IMPACTS -- DROUGHT RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 FARMERS' DROUGHT-ADAPTIVE PRACTICES IN NORTH WESTERN BANGLADESH -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA -- STUDY APPROACH -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART IV - THE WAY FORWARD: SUSTAINING WATER RESOURCES -- CHAPTER 12 LESSONS, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF WATER INSECURITY -- INTRODUCTION -- WATER USE AND SOCIAL DILEMMA -- KEY LESSONS AND OBSERVATIONS.

CHALLENGES ENHANCING WATER INSECURITY -- PRIORITY ACTIONS TO REDUCE WATER INSECURITY RISKS -- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES.