Reconfiguration and closure of river basins in south india: trajectory of the lower krishna basin

Water International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 436-450

  Venot, Jean Philippe ^a   Biggsb, Trent ^b   Mollec, François ^c,d   Turrald, Hugh ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d DIWMI Colombo ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Basin water accounting; Environment; River basin development; South India; Water allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66749143601     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802475001     Document Type: Article

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