A framework to assess adaptive capacity of the water resources system in Nepalese river basins

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 480-488

  Pandey, Vishnu Prasad ^a   Babel, Mukand S ^b   Shrestha, Sangam ^b   Kazama, Futaba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptive capacity; Bagmati; Nepal; River Basin; Water resources

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; BAGMATI; NEPAL; RIVER BASINS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BASIN MANAGEMENT; POLICY APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; WATER RELATIONS; WATER RESOURCE;

BAGMATI BASIN; NEPAL;

EID: 79952745902     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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