Enhancing knowledge management and adaptation capacity for integrated management of water resources in the Indus River Basin

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-251

  Karki, Madhav Bahadur ^a   Shrestha, Arun Bhakta ^a   Winiger, Matthias ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Indus River Basin; Integrated river basin management (IRBM); Integrated water resources management (IWRM); Multidisciplinary research; Scientific knowledge base; Water management policies

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FLOODING; FOOD SECURITY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RIVER BASIN; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 80052946282     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00017.1     Document Type: Article

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