Managing international river basins: Reviewing India-Bangladesh transboundary water issues

International Journal of River Basin Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Sood, Aditya ^a,b   Mathukumalli, Bala Krishna Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Conflict; Ganges; India; Water sharing; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BANGLADESH; GANGES RIVER; INDIA;

EID: 80053478950     PISSN: 15715124     EISSN: 18142060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15715124.2011.553832     Document Type: Article

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