Irrigation in the Indus basin: A history of unsustainability?

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Alam, U ^a   Sahota, P ^b   Jeffrey, P ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Sustainable Commodities   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indus basin; Irrigation; Risk; Salinity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RIVER SHIFTING; SALINIZATION;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; IRRIGATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CIVILIZATION; DECISION MAKING; IRRIGATION; RISK; SALINIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BASIN GROUPS; CIVILIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POLITICS; REVIEW; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BASINS; IRRIGATION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34248547267     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2007.024     Document Type: Review

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