• Manbeer Kaur

The worldwide concern on water has had populations facing severe water shortages on the one hand and destructive floods on the other. The management of water resources is rooted in the perspectives and attitudes of a people towards these very available water resources. The objective of this paper is to estimate how the youth of Punjab see the utilization of water vis-à-vis its abundance or scarcity in that particular region. Whilethe older population has lived through strife and unequal distribution of water resources, it is the younger people who will determine the future of the water quantum to be left for their progeny. This is a variable dependent upon the water usage practices prevalent among the young men and women of Punjab. The methodology used was to conduct a survey was conducted to quantify these perceptions. The youth were administered a questionnaire that had open ended and close ended questions on how they used water and what they thought of the availability of water in their homes and surrounding environment. The findings of the paper would promote an understanding of the thought process of the youth that govern their understanding of water use and conservation.

population, shortage, water conservation, community action, resources, perceptions, survey, questionnaire.

"WATER USE PATTERNS AMONG RURAL YOUTH OF PUNJAB: AN INDICATIVE STUDY FOR MAKING LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.937-942, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006168.pdf

"WATER USE PATTERNS AMONG RURAL YOUTH OF PUNJAB: AN INDICATIVE STUDY FOR MAKING LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp937-942, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006168.pdf