Reallocating water from canal irrigation for environmental flows: Benefits forgone in the Upper Ganga Basin in India

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 385-405

  Amarasinghe, Upali A ^a   Smakhtin, Vladimir ^b   Bharati, Luna ^c   Malik, Ravinder P S ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Nepal)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Canal irrigation; Consumptive water use; Environmental flows; Irrigation benefits; Irrigation efficiency; Marginal productivity

Indexed keywords

CANAL; CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

GANGES BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 84874646742     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9385-1     Document Type: Article

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