Agricultural groundwater management in the Upper Bhima Basin, India: Current status and future scenarios

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-517

  Surinaidu, L ^a   Bacon, C G D ^b,c   Pavelic, P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GA (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GROUNDWATER ELEVATIONS; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELING; SURFACE WATER DISCHARGES; UPPER BHIMA RIVER BASINS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; STABILIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BHIMA BASIN; INDIA;

EID: 84898606917     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-507-2013     Document Type: Article

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