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Lower Damodar River, India : understanding the human role in changing fluvial environment / / by Kumkum Bhattacharyya
| Lower Damodar River, India : understanding the human role in changing fluvial environment / / by Kumkum Bhattacharyya |
| Autore | Bhattacharyya Kumkum |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht, : Springer, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.483095414 |
| Collana | Advances in Asian human-environmental research |
| Soggetto topico | Watershed management - India |
| ISBN | 94-007-0467-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1.Introduction -- 2. Damodar Valley Region -- 3. Floods and Water Resource Management in a Tropical River, the Damodar -- 4. The Reservoired Lower Damodar: Hydro-Geomorphic Perspective -- 5. Colonization Processes in the Damodar Riverbed -- 6. Controlled Lower Damodar: Social Perspective -- 7. The Controlled Lower Damodar: A Product of Hydrogeomorphic and Anthropogenic Processes -- 8. Towards Better Interaction -- References -- APPENDIX I. Model questionnaire of perception survey -- APPENDIX II. List of reference maps -- APPENDIX III. Hydrological observation -- APPENDIX IV. Information about Maithon and Panchet Project.-APPENDIX V. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Rhondia -- APPENDIX VI. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Damodar Bridge Site -- APPENDIX VII. Inflow into Durgapur Barrage and canal consumption -- APPENDIX VIII. Volume of water released down the Durgapur Barrage and canals -- APPENDIX IX. Combined moderation by Maithon and Panchet dams of the Damodar River -- APPENDIX X. Peak flow of the Damodar River, Rhondia -- APPENDIX XI. Average monsoon discharge and suspended sediment of Damodar at Damodar Bridge Site -- APPENDIX XII. GIS as a toolbox for flood, water & land resource planners. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828326403321 |
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| Dordrecht, : Springer, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable management of headwater resources [[electronic resource] ] : research from Africa and India / / edited by Libor Jansky, Martin J. Haigh and Haushila Prasad
| Sustainable management of headwater resources [[electronic resource] ] : research from Africa and India / / edited by Libor Jansky, Martin J. Haigh and Haushila Prasad |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tokyo, Japan ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.91/0096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JanskyLibor
HaighMartin J. <1950-> PrasadHaushila |
| Soggetto topico |
Watershed management - Africa
Mountain watersheds - Africa - Management Water resources development - Africa Sustainable development - Africa Watershed management - India Mountain watersheds - India - Management Water resources development - India Sustainable development - India |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
92-808-7094-7
1-4237-6607-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Sustainable management of head water resources: Head water control and the contexts of the Nairobi Head water Declaration for the International Year of Freshwater 2003; Part I: Studies on sustainable management of head water resources in India and Africa; 1 Issues and strategies for sustainable range land management in the headwaters of the Garhwal Himalaya; 2 The role of sustainable wetland use in maintaining river flow:Some experiences from the headwaters of the Nile in Ethiopia and Rwanda
3 Sustainable management of head water wetlands: The role of indigenous knowledge in south-west Ethiopia 4 Sustainable management of head water resources: Interface-drainage analysis of a water divide; Part II: Environmental impact assessment in the head water regions of India and Africa; 5 Environmental changes and status of water resources in the Kumaon Himalayas; 6 Factors regulating fresh water quality in the Himalayan river system; 7 Modern lake-level rise and accelerated fluvio-lacustrinesedimentation of Lake Abaya, south Ethiopia - A case studyfrom the Bilate River delta, northern lake area 8 Land use changes and hydrological responses in the Lake Nakuru basin 9 Hazard risk assessment in Mount Kenya headwaters; 10 An analysis of accessibility to rural domestic water supply: A case study of Kakamega district, Kenya; Part III: Climate change and catchment modelling: Studies from the head water regions of Kenya; 11 Methodology for evaluating the regional impact of climate change on water resources; 12 Analysis of surface runoff from head water catchments in upper Ewaso Ng'iro North drainage basin in Kenya 13 Digital image analysis and GIS database design of Lake Bogoria area, Kenya: Three-dimensional modelling for slope evaluation 14 A catchment model of runoff and sediment yield for semi-arid areas; Conclusion: Sustainable development and headwaters in India and Africa: A summing up; Appendix; Acronyms; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450195403321 |
| Tokyo, Japan ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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