Environmental changes and sustainable development of water resources in the Himalayan headwaters of India

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 883-907

  Tiwari, Prakash Chandra ^a   Joshi, Bhagwati ^b  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government Post Graduate College   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land use changes; Participatory resource management; Rural resource use structure; Spring sanctuaries; Wasteland management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HEAD WATERS; HIMALAYAS; INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES; LAND USE CHANGES; LESSER HIMALAYA; MARGINALIZATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; USER ORIENTED; WATER DISCHARGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; PLANNING; POTABLE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEADWATER; IRRIGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MARGINALIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RESOURCE USE; RURAL AREA; SPRING WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KUMAUN HIMALAYAS; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84858286361     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9825-y     Document Type: Article

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