The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.

The basins of the Indus and Ganges rivers cover 2.20 million km2 and are inhabited by more than a billion people. The region is under extreme pressures of population and poverty, unregulated utilization of the resources and low levels of productivity. The needs are: (1) development policies that are...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Bharat R., Amarasinghe, Upali A., Shah, Tushaar, Bharati, Luna, Ambili, G.K., Qureshi, Asad Sarwar, Singh, R., Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Xueliang Cai, Condappa, D. de, Mukherji, Aditi, Pant, Dhruba, Xenarios, Stefanos
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Routledge 2012
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34693
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author Sharma, Bharat R.
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Shah, Tushaar
Bharati, Luna
Ambili, G.K.
Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Singh, R.
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Xueliang Cai
Condappa, D. de
Mukherji, Aditi
Pant, Dhruba
Xenarios, Stefanos
author_browse Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Ambili, G.K.
Bharati, Luna
Condappa, D. de
Mukherji, Aditi
Pant, Dhruba
Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Shah, Tushaar
Sharma, Bharat R.
Singh, R.
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Xenarios, Stefanos
Xueliang Cai
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description The basins of the Indus and Ganges rivers cover 2.20 million km2 and are inhabited by more than a billion people. The region is under extreme pressures of population and poverty, unregulated utilization of the resources and low levels of productivity. The needs are: (1) development policies that are regionally differentiated to ensure resource sustainability and high productivity; (2) immediate development and implementation of policies for sound groundwater management and energy use; (3) improvement of the fragile food security and to broaden its base; and (4) policy changes to address land fragmentation and improved infrastructure. Meeting these needs will help to improve productivity, reduce rural poverty and improve overall human development.
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spelling CGSpace346932025-03-11T09:50:20Z The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure. Sharma, Bharat R. Amarasinghe, Upali A. Shah, Tushaar Bharati, Luna Ambili, G.K. Qureshi, Asad Sarwar Singh, R. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Xueliang Cai Condappa, D. de Mukherji, Aditi Pant, Dhruba Xenarios, Stefanos The basins of the Indus and Ganges rivers cover 2.20 million km2 and are inhabited by more than a billion people. The region is under extreme pressures of population and poverty, unregulated utilization of the resources and low levels of productivity. The needs are: (1) development policies that are regionally differentiated to ensure resource sustainability and high productivity; (2) immediate development and implementation of policies for sound groundwater management and energy use; (3) improvement of the fragile food security and to broaden its base; and (4) policy changes to address land fragmentation and improved infrastructure. Meeting these needs will help to improve productivity, reduce rural poverty and improve overall human development. 2012 2013-11-15T08:44:14Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z 2013-11-15T08:44:14Z 2014-02-02T16:39:50Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34693 en Limited Access Routledge Sharma, Bharat; Amarasinghe, Upali; Cai, Xueliang; de Condappa, D.; Shah, Tushaar; Mukherji, Aditi; Bharati, Luna; Ambili, G. K.; Qureshi, Asad Sarwar; Pant, Dhruba; Xenarios, Stefanos; Singh, R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2012. The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure. In Fisher, M.; Cook, Simon (Eds.). Water, food and poverty in river basins: defining the limits. London, UK: Routledge. pp.30-58.
spellingShingle Sharma, Bharat R.
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Shah, Tushaar
Bharati, Luna
Ambili, G.K.
Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Singh, R.
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Xueliang Cai
Condappa, D. de
Mukherji, Aditi
Pant, Dhruba
Xenarios, Stefanos
The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.
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title_short The Indus and the Ganges: river basins under extreme pressure.
title_sort indus and the ganges river basins under extreme pressure
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