Water infrastructure for the Hindu Kush Himalayas

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-77

  Molden, David James ^a   Vaidya, Ramesh Ananda ^a   Shrestha, Arun Bhakta ^a   Rasul, Golam ^a   Shrestha, Mandira Singh ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Hindu Kush Himalayas; infrastructure; knowledge sharing; public and private investments; river basins; transboundary waters

Indexed keywords

HINDU-KUSH-HIMALAYAS; INFRASTRUCTURE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; RIVER BASINS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

LANDFORMS;

INFRASTRUCTURE; INVESTMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; RIVER BASIN; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH;

EID: 84900628788     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2013.859044     Document Type: Article

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