India's waters. Advances in development and management / Mahesh Chandra Chaturvedi.
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TextPublication details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012. Description: xvi, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781439874660 (hardback)Subject(s): Civil engineering | Water resources development -- India | Water-supply -- India | Environmental management -- India | River engineering -- Government policy -- India | SCIENCE / Environmental Science | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water SupplyDDC classification: 333.7900954 Summary: "This book examines the critical planning for better development and management of water resources, illustrated with respect to the world's largest water system. The text addresses important issues including availability and distribution of water, environmental factors, and water sharing. It also provides insights into the supply-demand context (hydrological, social, political, and engineering) related to water resources. In addition to describing current policies and technologies, the author proposes new concepts in the development and management of water as well as novel technologies"--Summary: "One of the world's largest infrastructures for management of water has been developed in India. This is particularly important for countries of the South and East Asia, in view of their climatic-hydrologic characteristics"--
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Includes bibliographical references (p.181-189) and index.
"This book examines the critical planning for better development and management of water resources, illustrated with respect to the world's largest water system. The text addresses important issues including availability and distribution of water, environmental factors, and water sharing. It also provides insights into the supply-demand context (hydrological, social, political, and engineering) related to water resources. In addition to describing current policies and technologies, the author proposes new concepts in the development and management of water as well as novel technologies"--
"One of the world's largest infrastructures for management of water has been developed in India. This is particularly important for countries of the South and East Asia, in view of their climatic-hydrologic characteristics"--
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