India's dam dilemma: An eco-friendly remedy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 591-592

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a,b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER;

CATCHMENT; FLOODING; HUMAN; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NOTE; POPULATION; POWER SUPPLY; RURAL AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DROUGHTS; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84855966038     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204418k     Document Type: Note

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