Adaptive Water Resource Management in the South Indian Lower Bhavani Project Command Area

This study explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Management (AM) based on a detailed field study. To what extent farmers and water resource managers already practice AM; and whether it is practiced in an optimal manner or could there be areas for improvement based on recent advancements in the theory of AM; are some of the questions that are particularly appropriate in the light of rapid changes in river basin water use and also in relation to basin closure.