Improving water security to mediate impacts of climate change in the Ganges Basin
In spite of being water surplus, the 600+ million population of the large Ganges basin spread over 1.09 m km2 in South Asia is water insecure, poor, and highly exposed to water-induced stresses of floods and droughts. The contribution from the glaciers to the streamflow is ~70% in the Himalayan catc...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Springer
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114497 |
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