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Water resources of the Indian subcontinent by Asit K Biswas; R Rangachari; Cecilia Tortajada; Third World Centre for Water Management; Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Water resources of the Indian subcontinent about?
This volume is divided into three Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. The first section on Nepal discusses how its water resources could be utilized to benefit people of the Ganga basin. The challenge is to manage its water better for the well-being of its people, and reduce poverty. The section on India talks about the development and management of water resources at the beginning of the third millennium. This section covers, among other issues, the physical set-up of the country, relevant to socio-economic aspects, the institutional framework for water resources development, the effect of flood and drought on the Indian economy, water supply, sanitation, and its effect on the quality on the quality of water. The concluding section on Bangladesh talks about how water resources management is a major challenge in the country. Alternating flood and water scarcity, meeting the water needs of a growing population, massive river sedimentation, bank erosion, satisfying multi-sector water needs with limited resources are some of the issues that have been discussed in this section.
Who reads Water resources of the Indian subcontinent?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Asit K Biswas; R Rangachari; Cecilia Tortajada; Third World Centre for Water Management; Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195694437
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Technology, Stem
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