Indicator-based approach for assessing the vulnerability of freshwater resources in the Bagmati River Basin, Nepal

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1044-1059

  Babel, Mukand S ^a   Pandey, Vishnu P ^b   Rivas, Aldrin A ^a   Wahid, Shahriar Md ^c  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Bagmati Basin; Indicators; Nepal; Water stress; Water vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; BAGMATI BASIN; DECISION MAKERS; ECONOMIC CAPACITY; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; INDICATOR VALUES; INHERENT FLEXIBILITY; NEPAL; POLICY OPTIONS; POLLUTION LOADINGS; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER STRESS;

POLLUTION; RIVERS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

BIOINDICATOR; FRESHWATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NEPAL; RIVER BASIN; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER STRESS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; NEPAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

BAGMATI BASIN; NEPAL;

EID: 80054766984     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9744-y     Document Type: Article

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