NC Narayanan - Publications

Books

NC Narayanan, S. Parasuraman and Rajindra Aryabandhu (Ed), 2014, Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge.
NC Narayanan, 2008, Where to go from here? State, Natural Resource Conflicts and Challenges to Governance. New Delhi: Academic Foundation.
NC Narayanan, 2003, Against the Grain: The Political Ecology of Land Use in a Kerala Region, India. Maastricht: Shaker Publications.
Barthelemy Honfoga, Marian Perez, Nozizwe Esther Chinkanda, Chhewang Rinzin and NC Narayanan, 2002, TINA and the Milk: Southern Perspectives on Sustainability in the Netherlands (English and Dutch editions). Utrecht: International Books.

Journal Publications

Tankha, Sunil; Fernandes, Denise; Narayanan, N.C, (2019-Forthcoming) , Overcoming Barriers to Climate Smart Agriculture in India. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.

Argade, P. and Narayanan, N.C. 2019. Undercurrents of participatory groundwater governance in rural Jalna, Western India. Water Alternatives. Vol 12, Issue 3. Pp 869-885.

Lalita Joshi, NC Narayanan, Jayendran Venkateswaran, Chetan Solanki, Praveen Kumar , 2019, Adoption of solar photovoltaic lighting in rural India: Role of localization strategy , Energy & Buildings 202 (2019) 109370. Elselvir.

Gautham Ganapathy and NC Narayanan, 2019, Between financial viability and access to drinking water provision: Tracing the path dependence from an early gravitation scheme in a regional Indian town, Water History (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-019-00232-5.

N.C. Narayanan, 2019, Exacerbated Flood Damage in Kuttanad in 2018, Causes, Consequences and Caution for the Future, Social Science in Perspective, Vol. 11 No. 1. pp 610- 636.

Jeffrey Immanuel, Anshul Singh, NC Narayanan, 2019, CRZ 2018: Yet another toss into the Sea of Coastal Regulations, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol LIV, No. 10. 57-60.

Shibaji Bose, Upasona Ghosh, Hemant Kumar Chauhan, Narayanan, NC, and D Parthasarathy, 2018, Uncertainties and Vulnerabilities among the Koli fishers in Mumbai: A Photo Voice Study. Indian Anthropologist, Vol 48, No.2. pp 65-80.

René Véron, Nishara Fernando, N. C. Narayanan, Bishnu Upreti, Babu Ambat, Ranga Pallawala, Sudarshan Rajbhandari, Swetha Rao Dhananka, Christian Zurbrügg, 2018, Social processes in post-crisis municipal solid waste management innovations: A proposal for research and knowledge exchange in South Asia, Research Ideas and Outcomes, e31430. doi: 10.3897/rio.4.e31430.

N. C. Narayanan, Isha Ray, Govind Gopakumar and Poonam Argade, 2018, Towards sustainable urban sanitation: A capacity-building approach to wastewater mapping for small towns in India, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Volume 8, Issue 2. IWA Publishing.

Youngmee Tiffany Jung, N.C. Narayanan, Yu-Ling Cheng, 2018, Cost comparison of centralized and decentralized wastewater management systems using optimization model, Journal of Environmental Management, 213 (2018) 90-97. Elselvier.

S. Thrikawala, M. I. Sudasinghe, L.W. Galagedara, E.R.N. Gunawardena and N.C. Narayanan, 2016, Applicability of decentralized, small scale Vs centralized, large scale Sewage Treatment Plants for Urban Sanitation: A case study from Sri Lanka. Journal of South Asia Water Studies ( SAWAS) Vol 5, Issue 3. Pp 85-97.

Sheila Bonde, Clyde Briant, Paul Firenze, Julianne Hanavan, Amy Huang, Min Li, N. C. Narayanan, D. Parthasarathy, Hongqin Zhao, 2015, Making Choices: Ethical Decisions in a Global Context, Science and Engineering Ethics. ISSN: 1353-3452 (Print) 1471-5546 (Online). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-015-9641-5#page-2.

Solanki, C.S., Narayanan, N.C., Jayendran, V. (2015). Million solar urja lamps programme: An initiative towards ‘Right to Light’. Renewable Energy Akshay Urja. Vol. 9, Issue 2, p 36-40.

NC Narayanan and Nitin Lokhande, 2013, Designed to Falter: MGNREGA Implementation in Maharashtra, Economic and Political Weekly, vol xlviii nos 26 & 27,Pp. 61-66. http://www.epw.in/special-articles/designed-falter.html.

NC Narayanan and Sunil Trikhawala, 2011, Aid, Technology and Project Dependence : A Case of Institutional Weakening of Water Sector from Sri Lanka- Journal of South Asia Water Studies ( SAWAS), volume 2, issue 2. Pp. 60-74. www.sawsjournal.org.

NC Narayanan and Anju Helen Bara, 2012, Enhancing Drinking Water and Sanitation Access to Poor: Lessons of NGO-Government Collaboration in Eastern India. Journal of Governance and Public Policy, VOL 1, Issue 2. Pp. 28-46. http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/85945456/enhancing-drinking-water-sanitation-access-poor-lessons-ngo-government-collaboration-eastern-india

NC Narayanan et Jean-Philippe Venot, 2009, Échelle(s) communes(s) ou échelles multiples Pour une gouvernance démocratique des ressources naturelles : Les zones humides en Inde. Vertigo, Vol 9, Numero1, Mai.

NC Narayanan and Jean-Philippe Venot, 2009, Drivers of Change in Fragile Environments: Challenges to Governance in Indian Wetlands. Natural Resources Forum (A United Nations Journal for Sustainable Development), Volume 33. Pp 320-333. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2009.01255.x/abstract

NC Narayanan, 2006, For and Against Grain Land Use: Politics of Rice in Kerala, India, International Journal of Rural Management. V 2, No.1: 123-144 http://irm.sagepub.com/content/2/1/123.abstract

NC Narayanan, 2002, Technical Fixes and Social Relations: The Case of Group Farming in Kerala, India. Review of Development and Change. Vol. VII, No.2, July-December. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1061134

Book Chapters

NC Narayanan and Neelam Rana (2019), The centralized approach to wastewater management and implication for sanitation governance: an analysis of the intent and practice of the national urban sanitation policy in India , In S Janakarajan and KJ Joy (Ed), India's Water Futures: Emergent ideas and Pathways. London and New York: Routledge Sage. Pp. 119 - 148.

D. Parthasarathy, Yash Shethia and N.C. Narayanan (2018). Cross-Scale Institutional Linkages in Climate Change Responses: An Indian Perspective In Chandra Venkataraman, Trupti Mishra, Subimal Ghosh, Subhankar Karmakar (Ed), Climate Change Signals and Response. Singapore: Springer Nature.

Neha Singh, D. Parthasarathy and NC Narayanan, 2018, Contested Urban Waterscape of Udaipur, In Sustainable Urbanization in India. Singapore: Springer Nature.

NC Narayanan, (2015), Pollution Abatement Strategies in River Ganga: A Review of GAP and Gaps in Emerging Institutional Models, In Iyer Ramaswamy (Ed), Living Rivers, Dying rivers. New Delhi: OUP. Pp. 77-100.

Neha Singh and NC Narayanan (2014), Rural Urban Water Transfers: Conflict over the Mansi Wakal Dam in Udaipur, Rajasthan In Joy, K.J., Suhas Paranjape and Sarita Bhagat, Domestic Water and Sanitation: Cases, Issues and Prospects. Pune: Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, Pp. 131-150.

NC Narayanan, S. Parasuraman and Rajindra Aryabandhu, (2014), Paradigm Shifts in Water Governance in South Asia: A Review In NC Narayanan, S. Parasuraman and Rajindra Aryabandhu(ed), Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge. New Delhi: Routledge. Pp. 1-30.

NC Narayanan and Sunil Thrikawala (2014), Foreign Assistance, Dependence and Debt: Sanitation Case Study, Kandy, Sri Lanka In NC Narayanan, S. Parasuraman and Rajindra Aryabandhu (ed) Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge. New Delhi: Routledge. Pp.144-169.

NC Narayanan and S. Mohammed Irshad (2014), Institutional Changes, Public Provision and Drinking Water Supply in Kerala In NC Narayanan, S. Parasuraman and Rajindra Aryabandhu (ed) Water Governance and Civil Society Responses in South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge. New Delhi: Routledge. Pp.170-200.

NC Narayanan and Jayati Chourey, 2012, Environmental Governance: Concept, Complexity and an Illustration in E.R.N. Gunawardena, BrijGopal and Hemasiri Kottagama (ed) Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management in South Asia. New Delhi: Routledge. Pp 302-337.

NC Narayanan, 2010 Multiple Uses, Conflicts and Challenges to the Integrated Management and Governance of Wetlands: Evidence from the East and West Coasts in India. In Hoanh, CT, B Szuster, Pheng, A Ismail, and A Noble, Tropical Deltas and Coastal Zones: Food Production, Communities and Environment at the Land–Water Interface: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management, No. 9. Oxfordshire: CABI Publications.

NC Narayanan, 2008 State, Governance and Natural Resource Conflicts: Background Paper in NC Narayanan (ed), Where to go from here? State, Natural Resource Conflicts and Challenges to Governance. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. Pp.15-38.

Smriti Das and NC Narayanan, 2008, Alloyed Projects, Metalled Resistance: A Case of Bauxite Mining in Orissa in NC Narayanan (ed), Where to go from here? State, Natural Resource Conflicts and Challenges to Governance. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. p 221-246.

NC Narayanan, 2008, Water Control Structures and Conflicts in Lake Vembanad: Governance as Mobilisation in NC Narayanan (ed), Where to go from here? State, Natural Resource Conflicts and Challenges to Governance. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. New Delhi: Academic Foundation. Pp. 91-116.

NC Narayanan, 2002 Sustainability in Dutch Agriculture In BarthelemyHonfoga, Marian Perez, Nozizwe Esther Chinkanda, ChhewangRinzin and N.C.NarayananThe TINA and Milk: Southern Perspectives on Sustain ability in the Netherlands. pp. 35-44. Utrecht: International Books.

NC Narayanan, 1997 Towards Operationalising the Concept of Sustainable Land Use - A micro level study on valley land forms in Trichur, Kerala in Anil Agarwal (Ed), The Challenge of the Balance: Environmental Economics in India. New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment.

NC Narayanan, 1996 Micro/Village Level Resources Survey with People's Participation for Sustainable Development (with Srikumar Chattopadhyay) In R.B.Singh (Ed) Research in Geography - Land Use Changes and Sustainable Development Vol. I, New Delhi: A.P.H Publishing Corporation.

NC Narayanan and N. Bindu), 1996, Rudravanom- Despoiling a Pilgrim Centre in The Hindu-Survey of the Environment 1996. Chennai: The Hindu

NC Narayanan, 1995 Issues in Sustainable Land Use - A micro level study in Madakkathara area, Trichur District, p. 87-103 In P.P. Pillai and R.P Nair (Ed) Understanding Ecologically Sustainable Economic Development. Trichur: Institute of Planning and Applied Economic Research.

Working Papers

Hans Nicolai Adam, D Parthasarathy and NC Narayanan, 2018, Transforming Urban Governance to Manage Uncertainty and Climate Change in Mumbai, India, IDS Policy Briefing, Issue 148 January. Sussex: Institute of Development Studies.

Karlaganis, Corinne and Narayanan, N.C.2013, Governance Challenges in Linking Environmental Sustainability to Tourism: Where is the Houseboat Industry in Kerala, India Headed? NCCR Trade Regulation Working Paper No 2013/09. WTI, Berne, Switzerland. http://www.wti.org/fileadmin/user_upload/nccrtrade.ch/wp2/publications/NCCR_WP_2013_09_Karlaganis_Narayanan.pdf

Vivek.K, Kiran Augustine, Anil Kottantharayil, N.C. Narayanan, June 2013, Planning for Integration of Solar PV into the Energy Mix - Energy Survey Report, Chendamangalam Gram Panchayat, Kerala, IIT Bombay: NCPRE.

NC Narayanan, SubodhWagle, SanjeevChandorkar, ShyamAsolekar and NitinLokhnde, 2013, Assessment of Potential Institutional Models for Sewage Treatment in Ganga Basin and the Way Forward. Submitted for Uploading in Gangapedia (http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/).

NC Narayanan and LokhndeNitin, 2013, Policy and Governance Trends in Urban Water and Sanitation sector in India: A review and lessons for Ganga Basin. Submitted for Uploading in Gangapedia (http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/).

NC Narayanan and KalyanTanksale, 2011, Assessment of Public Consultation Process for Environmental Clearance of Hydropower Projects in Upper Ganga Segment. http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/Second%20Set%20of%20Report/007_PLG_Public%20Consultation.pdf

NC Narayanan and KalyanTanksale, 2011, Mapping of Policy Instruments and Governance agencies for Environmental Clearance of Hydroelectric Projects in Upper Ganga. http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/Second%20Set%20of%20Report/008_PLG_Environment%20Clearence.pdf

2011 (as part of the PLG Group), .Policy and Governance Perspective and Analytical Framework for Management of Urban Sewage http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/Second%20Set%20of%20Report/009_PLG_Poiicy%20and_Governance_Perspective.pdf

2011 (as part of the PLG Group), Prevention of River Pollution by Urban Sewage: Recommendations from Policy and Governance Perspective based on a Model Case Study. http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/Second%20Set%20of%20Report/010_PLG_Kanpur%20Sanitation%20Study.pdf

NC Narayanan 2011 (as part of the PLG Group), SWOT Analysis of Ganga Action Plan, http://gangapedia.iitk.ac.in/sites/default/files/Second%20Set%20of%20Report/006_GEN_SWOT%20of%20GAP.pdf

NC Narayanan and G. Sajan, 2005, Civil Society in an Overtly Partisan Political Context: What enables/constrains the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP)? IRMA Working Paper No. 189 of the Institute of Rural Management, Annand. https://www.irma.ac.in/article.php?menuid=180

NC Narayanan, 2003, For and Against the Grain: The Politics of Land use in Kerala, India. ISS Working Paper No. 376of the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. http://irm.sagepub.com/content/2/1/123.abstract

NC Narayanan, 2002 Technical Fixes and Social Relations: The Case of Rice Group Farming in Kerala, India .ISS Working Paper No. 367 of the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. https://www.econbiz.de/Record/technical-fixes-and-social-relations-the-case-of-group-farming-in-kerala-india-narayanan/10005399302

NC Narayanan, Padmanabhan, P.G and Padmakumar, K.G, 2001, Economic Viability of an Integrated and Sustainable Resource Model for Kuttanad, Discussion Paper No.33. Trivandrum: Kerala Research Programme on Local Level Development. https://library.soas.ac.uk/Record/637702

NC Narayanan, 1997, Land Use Interventions in Fragile Slopes and Sustainable Livelihoods: A close look at one case in Western Ghats, Kerala, WorkingPaper, CDS-GIUZ researchproject on Towards Sustainable Development: An Actor-Oriented Perspective. Zurich: Swiss National Science Foundation.

Research Monographs

Devika J, Chithira Vijayakumar, NC Narayanan, 2019, The local as Industrial Heterotopia: Making Sense of the Denial of Environmental Destruction at Eloor, Research Unit RULSG Monograph series Centre for Development Studies, Thirivananthapuram.

NC Narayanan, Sunil Kumar.N, Neelam Rana, A Sridhar, Sruthi Pillai, Zachary Burt, Paresh Chhajed, 2018 , Report of Summer School - June 2018: Canal Rejuvenation in Alappuzha Town: A Multidisciplinary Study: Findings and Recommendations: Trichur- KILA.

NC Narayanan, Neelam Rana and A Sridhar, Sunny George and Ratish Menon , 2018, Report of Winter School – 2017: Participatory Water and Sanitation Assessment for Alappuzha Town: Trichur - KILA https://www.canalpy.com/wp-content/themes/canalpy/assets/pdf/Winter_School.pdf.

Vivek K, Kiran Augustine, Anil Kottantharayil and NC Narayanan, 2013, Planning for Integration of Solar PV into the Energy Mix of a Panchayat. Report Submitted to the Govt. of Kerala. Mumbai: NCPRE http://www.ncpre.iitb.ac.in/uploads/Chendamangalam%20Final%20Report%20e-copy_upload.pdf

NC Narayanan and Chandramohan, 2011 Evaluation of the Responsible Tourism Initiatives in Kerala. (Submitted to the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala)

NC Narayanan and D.R.Kansakar, 2010, Crossed Boundaries & Fences Remaining: A review of the education component of Crossing Boundaries Project (submitted to SaciWATER)

NC Narayanan, LW Galagedara, MSA Khan, Smita M Panda, G Ravikumar, 2006, Water Allocation For Drinking Water And Irrigation In The Guadalhorce Valley, Spain: A Challenge to IWRM? (Report Submitted to the Irrigation and Water Engineering Group, Wageningen University).

DP Mishra, S. Biswas, NC Narayanan and JayantNegi, 2005, Mapping and Assessment of NGOs in Rajastan, India. (For SterliteFoundation, Mumbai, India)

NC Narayanan, 2005. Mid-term evaluation of the panchayati raj component of SDC-Cap Deck supported Projects in Kerala (For Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, New Delhi).

NC Narayanan, 2005 Review of the Curriculum and Faculty Development during the Nurturing Phase of the Trust Support to the Tata-DhanAcademy, Madurai (For Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumabi, India).

Rakesh Saxena, BN Hiremath, NC Narayanan and Arvind Gupta, 2004, Mid-Term Evaluation of Attappady Wasteland Comprehensive Environmental Conservation Project, Kerala, India (For Attapady Hills Area Development Society, Agali, India funded by the JBIC, Tokyo).

NC Narayanan, 2003, Report of the Exploratory Study for Revitalisation of Christian Children’s Fund (CCF)-India and Its Partner Institutions. (For CCF-India, Bangalore).

NC Narayanan, 2002, Sustainability in Dutch Agriculture In "The TINA and Milk": Southern Perspectives on Sustain ability in the Netherlands. Barthelemy Honfoga, Marian Perez, Nozizwe Esther Chinkanda, ChhewangRinzin and N.C.Narayanan. pp. 65-92. Alkmaar: COSNHN. (For COS, The Netherlands).

Conference Publications

NC Narayanan and Denise Fernandes, 2015, Climate Change Policy Process in India: Institutions, Strategic imperatives and Knowledge Struggles, Proceedings of the Kerala Environment Congress-2015. Trivandrum: Centre for Environment and Development. Pp. 123-142.

Sawal, N., Venkateswaran, J., Solanki, C.S., and Narayanan, N.C. (2015). Million Solar Urja Lamp: A supply chain experience, in IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, held on 6-9 Dec. Singapore 2015.

Arora, N., Joshi, L., Tejwani, R., .Chauhan, A., Narayanan, N.C., Jayendran, V., Solanki, C.S. (2015). Dissemination of solar technology through localisation and skill development. International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICEAR), held on 15-17 Dec. IIT Bombay.

Arora, N., Tejwani, R., Solanki, C.S., Narayanan, N.C., Jayendran, V. (2015). Localization of solar energy through local assembly, sale and usage of 1 Million solar study lamps. International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICEAR), held on 15-17 Dec. IIT Bombay.

Solanki, C.S., Narayanan, N.C., Jayendran, V., Tejwani, R., Arora, N. (2015). Localization of solar energy through local assembly, sale and usage of 1 Million solar study lamps. Conference on Design: Lighting design for retail interiors. G.D. Goenka University, held in May. Gurgaon (Haryana).

Lekshmi Sukumaran and NC Narayanan "An assessment of the viability of Bamboo based housing model for the tribal district of Wayanad, India," 5th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment - ICSBE 2014, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

V. Kuthanazhi, A. Kottantharayil, N. C. Narayanan, “Planning for integration of solar photovoltaics into the energy needs of villages through local self-governments: An experience in the state of Kerala, India”, presented at the 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference 2014, Denver, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925189.