Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal

Although the protection of the aquatic environment is high on the world water resources agenda, most developing countries still lack the technical and institutional capacity to establish environmental water allocation practices and policies. The existing methods of assessment of environmental water...

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Autores principales: Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Shilpakar, R.L.
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39876
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description Although the protection of the aquatic environment is high on the world water resources agenda, most developing countries still lack the technical and institutional capacity to establish environmental water allocation practices and policies. The existing methods of assessment of environmental water allocations are either complex and resource-intensive or not tailor-made for the specific conditions of a particular country or region. To promote emerging concepts of environmental flow assessment and management, it is important to change the dominant perception that environmental demand is the least important and create awareness among responsible authorities about existing methodologies and processes that should be followed. This report presents some of these approaches and illustrates their applicability in the specific context of the East Rapti River basin, which features one of the main tourist attractions of Nepal, the Chitwan National Park.
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spelling CGSpace398762025-11-07T08:46:24Z Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal Smakhtin, Vladimir U. Shilpakar, R.L. water allocation planning hydrology simulation models rivers flow environmental effects Although the protection of the aquatic environment is high on the world water resources agenda, most developing countries still lack the technical and institutional capacity to establish environmental water allocation practices and policies. The existing methods of assessment of environmental water allocations are either complex and resource-intensive or not tailor-made for the specific conditions of a particular country or region. To promote emerging concepts of environmental flow assessment and management, it is important to change the dominant perception that environmental demand is the least important and create awareness among responsible authorities about existing methodologies and processes that should be followed. This report presents some of these approaches and illustrates their applicability in the specific context of the East Rapti River basin, which features one of the main tourist attractions of Nepal, the Chitwan National Park. 2005 2014-06-13T14:29:35Z 2014-06-13T14:29:35Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39876 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Smakhtin, Vladimir; Shilpakar, R. L. 2005. Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 20p. (IWMI Research Report 089)
spellingShingle water allocation
planning
hydrology
simulation models
rivers
flow
environmental effects
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Shilpakar, R.L.
Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
title Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
title_full Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
title_fullStr Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
title_full_unstemmed Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
title_short Planning for environmental water allocations: an example of hydrology-based assessment in the east Rapti River, Nepal
title_sort planning for environmental water allocations an example of hydrology based assessment in the east rapti river nepal
topic water allocation
planning
hydrology
simulation models
rivers
flow
environmental effects
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