Governance and management of local water storage in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 253-268

  Vaidya, Ramesh Ananda ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

adaptation; Hindu Kush Himalayas; local governance; user participation; water storage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTATION; HINDU-KUSH-HIMALAYAS; LOCAL GOVERNANCE; USER PARTICIPATION; WATER STORAGE;

RIVERS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

HIMALAYAS; HINDU KUSH;

EID: 84929513542     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2015.1020998     Document Type: Article

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