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Front Cover; RURAL WATER SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE USES AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY; RURAL WATER SYSTEMS FOR MULTIPLE USES AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 CONTEXT; 1.2 RATIONALE FOR THE BOOK; 1.3 A NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING THE PERFORMANCE OF MULTIPLE-USE WATER SYSTEMS; 1.4 SCOPE OF THE BOOK; REFERENCES; 2 -- Water, Human Development, Inclusive Growth, and Poverty Alleviation: International Perspectives; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 OBJECTIVES, HYPOTHESIS, METHODS, AND DATA SOURCES.

2.3 THE GLOBAL DEBATE ON WATER, DEVELOPMENT, AND GROWTH2.4 WATER AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH; 2.4.1 Can Water Security Ensure Economic Growth?; 2.4.2 Linking Human Development With Water Security; 2.4.3 Linking Water Security With Inclusive Growth; 2.5 IMPACT OF STORAGE DEVELOPMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ARID TROPICS; 2.6 IMPACT OF STORAGE DEVELOPMENT ON MALNUTRITION AND CHILD MORTALITY; 2.7 MULTIPLE-USE WATER SYSTEMS FOR ALL-ROUND WATER SECURITY IN RURAL AREAS; 2.8 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND POLICY; REFERENCES.

3 -- Multiple Water Needs of Rural Households: Studies From Three Agro-Ecologies in Maharashtra3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 SELECTION OF VILLAGES FROM THREE AGRO-ECOLOGIES IN MAHARASHTRA; 3.3 SOCIOECONOMIC DETAILS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE SELECTED REGIONS; 3.3.1 Average Family Size; 3.3.2 Education Status and Occupational Profile; 3.3.3 Average Land and Livestock Holding; 3.3.4 Kitchen Gardens in the Selected Villages; 3.3.5 Annual Household Income; 3.4 MULTIPLE WATER NEEDS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE SELECTED REGIONS; 3.4.1 Characteristics of the Village Water Supply Schemes.

3.4.2 Households Dependence on Different Sources of Water3.4.3 Accessibility of the Sources; 3.4.4 Average per Capita Water Use for Different Purposes of the Households; 3.5 ASSESSING THE VULNERABILITY OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS TO PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LACK OF WATER FOR DOMESTIC AND PRODUCTIVE NEEDS; 3.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 4 -- Multiple-Use Water Systems for Reducing Household Vulnerability to Water Supply Problems; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 EXISTING VILLAGE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN THREE SELECTED REGIONS; 4.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF MUWS: FINDINGS FROM A GLOBAL REVIEW.

4.4 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR MUWS FOR THREE REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA4.5 MUWS MODELS FOR DIFFERENT REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA; 4.5.1 Western Maharashtra; 4.5.2 Marathwada Region; 4.5.3 Vidarbha Region; 4.6 CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE MICRO-LEVEL INSTITUTIONS FOR WATER: FINDINGS FROM A REVIEW; 4.6.1 The Review of Micro-Level Water Institutions; 4.6.2 The Characteristics of Ideal Institutions MUWS Management; 4.7 INSTITUTIONAL SET UP FOR MANAGEMENT OF MUWS; 4.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 -- Sustainability Versus Local Management: Comparative Performance of Rural Water Supply Schemes.