Hydro-climatic trends and people's perceptions: Case of Kali Gandaki River Basin, Nepal

Climate Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-179

  Manandhar, Sujata ^a   Pandey, Vishnu Prasad ^b,c   Kazama, Futaba ^b  

^a Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water CREEW   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydro climatic trends; Kali Gandaki River Basin; Perception; Snow fed river

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC TRENDS; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HIGH ALTITUDE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; HYDRO-CLIMATIC TRENDS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; SNOW-FED RIVERS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES PLANNING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; WATERSHEDS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; RIVER FLOW; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

KALI GANDAKI RIVER; NEPAL;

EID: 84867522906     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01108     Document Type: Article

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