Socio-economics and hydrological impacts of melamchi intersectoral and interbasin water transfer project, Nepal

Water Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-180

  Bhattarai, Madhusudan ^a   Pant, Dhruba ^b   Molden, David ^c  

^a NARMA/Nepal   (Nepal)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Nepal)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Compensation of water project; Economics of urban water supply; Hydrological impact; Impact of intersectoral and interbasin water transfer; Nepal; Urban water supply system

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744454649     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2005.0011     Document Type: Article

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