Controlling floods and droughts through underground storage: from concept to pilot implementation in the Ganges River Basin

The concept of ‘Underground Taming of Floods for Irrigation’ (UTFI) is introduced as an approach for co-managing floods and droughts at the river basin scale. UTFI involves strategic recharge of aquifers upstream during periods of high flow, thereby preventing local and downstream flooding, and simu...

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Autores principales: Pavelic, Paul, Brindha, Karthikeyan, Amarnath, Giriraj, Eriyagama, Nishadi, Muthuwatta, Lal P., Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Gangopadhyay, Prasun K., Malik, Ravinder Paul Singh, Mishra, Atmaram, Sharma, Bharat R., Hanjra, Munir A., Reddy, R.V., Mishra, V.K., Verma, C.L., Kant, L.
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75461

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