Urbanising India and river health.
The presentation looks at the current status of river systems of India from a basin perspective, and review how indicators of urbanization, such as demographics and migration, infrastructure development, growth of cities and towns, development of urban agglomerations, provision of utility services a...
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| author | Amerasinghe, Priyanie H. |
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| description | The presentation looks at the current status of river systems of India from a basin perspective, and review how indicators of urbanization, such as demographics and migration, infrastructure development, growth of cities and towns, development of urban agglomerations, provision of utility services and land-use changes, have impacted the life of rivers. Further, river health in terms of water quality and quantity, biodiversity, ecological habitats, livelihood opportunities, roles and relevance of institutional structures, community-based systems for management, and resource recovery and reuse are discussed using selected case studies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace346442023-02-15T04:05:01Z Urbanising India and river health. Amerasinghe, Priyanie H. rivers watersheds urbanization infrastructure water quality water availability land use The presentation looks at the current status of river systems of India from a basin perspective, and review how indicators of urbanization, such as demographics and migration, infrastructure development, growth of cities and towns, development of urban agglomerations, provision of utility services and land-use changes, have impacted the life of rivers. Further, river health in terms of water quality and quantity, biodiversity, ecological habitats, livelihood opportunities, roles and relevance of institutional structures, community-based systems for management, and resource recovery and reuse are discussed using selected case studies. 2012 2013-11-21T06:40:31Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z 2013-11-21T06:40:31Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34644 en Open Access Amerasinghe, Priyanie. 2012. Urbanising India and river health. Keynote speech presented at the 15th International River Symposium on Rivers in a Rapidly Urbanising World, Melbourne, Australia, 8-11 October 2012. 1p. |
| spellingShingle | rivers watersheds urbanization infrastructure water quality water availability land use Amerasinghe, Priyanie H. Urbanising India and river health. |
| title | Urbanising India and river health. |
| title_full | Urbanising India and river health. |
| title_fullStr | Urbanising India and river health. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urbanising India and river health. |
| title_short | Urbanising India and river health. |
| title_sort | urbanising india and river health |
| topic | rivers watersheds urbanization infrastructure water quality water availability land use |
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