Irrigation and development in the upper indus Basin: Characteristics and recent changes of a socio-hydrological system in central Ladakh, India

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-61

  Nüsser, Marcus ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Dame, Juliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

high mountains; India; Irrigation systems; Ladakh; land use change; sociohydrology; Trans Himalaya

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; GLACIER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SNOW COVER; STAKEHOLDER;

HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN; LADAKH HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84858428456     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-11-00091.1     Document Type: Review

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