Hydrology, management and rising water vulnerability in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River basin

Water International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-356

  Babel, Mukand S ^a   Wahid, Shahriar M ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ganges Brahmaputra Meghna River basin; Water resources management; Water vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960674336     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2011.584152     Document Type: Article

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