Proposed river-linking project of India: A boon or bane to nature

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1361-1376

  Misra, Anil Kumar ^a   Saxena, Anju ^b   Yaduvanshi, Manish ^b   Mishra, Ajai ^b   Bhadauriya, Yogendra ^b   Thakur, Alok ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Ganga Plain; Himalayan rivers; India; Peninsular rivers; Rainwater harvesting; River linking

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOODS; NATURAL RESOURCES; RAIN;

GANGA PLAIN; HIMALAYAN RIVERS; INDIA; PENINSULAR RIVERS; RAINWATER HARVESTING; RIVER LINKING;

RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PLANNING PROCESS; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT DESIGN; RAINWATER; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847008075     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0434-7     Document Type: Article

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