Interlinking of Rivers in India: Issues and ConcernsM. Monirul Qader Mirza, Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Q.K. Ahmad Inter-basin water transfers are complex human interventions on natural systems that can have profound adverse as well as beneficial social, economic and environmental implications. India‘s plan to interlink its rivers (ILR) and to transfer water may, according to one set of views, generate positive benefits through improved and expanded irrigation |
Contents
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Experience from Across the World | 17 |
Chapter 3 The Vital Links | 35 |
Questions on the Scientific Economic and Environmental Dimensions of the Proposal | 53 |
An Examination of Viability | 77 |
A Critical Analysis | 91 |
Simulated Changes in Flow | 107 |
Chapter 8 Indias Energy Future and Interlinking of Rivers | 129 |
A Closer Look at the KenBetwa Pilot Link | 169 |
Chapter 12 Implications of Climate Change in South Asia on the Interlinking Project of Indian Rivers | 187 |
International and Regional Legal Aspects | 219 |
Chapter 14 The Indigenous Knowledge Systems of Water Management in India | 235 |
Chapter 15 WaterBased Cooperation in the GBM Region with Particular Focus on Interlinking of Rivers in India | 253 |
Chapter 16 Hydrological Impact on Bangladesh of Chinese and Indian Plans on the Brahmaputra | 261 |
Chapter 17 Could Bangladesh Benefit from the River Linking Project? | 275 |
Index | 291 |
Chapter 9 Potential Public Health Implications of Interlinking of Rivers in India | 141 |
Development in Peril | 153 |
Back cover | 299 |
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