Vulnerability of freshwater resources in large and medium Nepalese river basins to environmental change

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1525-1534

  Pandey, V P ^a   Babel, M S ^b   Shrestha, S ^b   Kazama, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Development pressure; Ecological health; Management challenge; Nepal; Resource stress; River basins; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; NEPAL; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RIVER BASINS; SUBBASINS; WATER USE;

ECOLOGY; HEALTH; MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

FRESH WATER;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RIVER BASIN; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEPAL; RIVER BASIN; WATER DEFICIT; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RETENTION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RIVER;

GANGES BASIN; MEKONG BASIN; NEPAL;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; NEPAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77952299097     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.751     Document Type: Article

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