Balancing watershed and local scale impacts of rain water harvesting in India-A review

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Glendenning, C J ^a   Van Ogtrop, F F ^b   Mishra, A K ^c   Vervoort, R W ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Managed aquifer recharge; Water balance; Water storage; Watershed development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FIELD DATA; FIELD DATA COLLECTION; FIELD STUDIES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; LOCAL SCALE; MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE; MODELLING STUDIES; MODELLING TOOLS; NET EFFECT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RAINWATER HARVESTING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; WATER BALANCE; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREAS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RAINWATER; RECHARGE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE; WATERSHED;

INDIA;

EID: 84857994424     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.01.011     Document Type: Review

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