Sustainable development of water resources in India

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-393

  Bobba, A Ghosh ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Bengtsson, Lars ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Groundwater pollution; India; Surface water; Surface water pollution; Sustainable development; Water resources

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDIA; REVIEW; RIVER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLOGY; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; POLICY NEED; RESOURCES POTENTIAL; RIVER WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 0030615638     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900036     Document Type: Review

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