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International conflict over water resources in Himalayan Asia

The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and demographically multiplying societies, ensuring the rapid depletion of water resources and of disputes ov...

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Main Authors: Wirsing, Robert G
Group Author: Jasparro, Christopher; Stoll, Daniel C
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Water-supply > Himalaya Mountains Region
Water-supply > Political aspects > Himalaya Mountains Region
Water resources development > Himalaya Mountains Region
Water resources development > Political aspects > Himalaya Mountains Region
Drought & water supply > Himalayas
Geopolitics > Himalayas
Development studies > Himalayas
Environment and Ecology
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137292193
Summary: The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and demographically multiplying societies, ensuring the rapid depletion of water resources and of disputes over ownership of transboundary waters.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230237834, 2012.
Carrier Form: 304 p. : 1 b&w, halftones, 15 maps, 15.
ISBN: 9780230237834
9781137292193 :
1137292199 :
CLC: TV213.4
Contents: PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF RIVER RIVALRY IN HIMALAYAN ASIA Water Insecurity in Himalayan Asia Challenge of Climate Change in Himalayan Asia PART II: SOURCES OF TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVER DISPUTES Damming the Rivers-I: The Irrigation Imperative Damming the Rivers-II: The Energy Imperative Damming the Rivers-III: The Diversion Imperative PART III: ALTERNATIVES TO WATER CONFLICT Cooperative River Basin Management Water Technology Innovation PART IV: THE FUTURE OF HIMALAYAN ASIA'S RIVERS Conclusion: Swimming Against the Tide.

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