The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods
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Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. (Eds.) 2016. The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 327p. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
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Luna Bharati https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-3282
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river basin management; water resources; groundwater; groundwater recharge; groundwater table; aquifers; surface water; international waters; international cooperation; sustainable agriculture; agricultural production; water use; agricultural practices; intensification; investment; water policy; climate change; flooding; drought; forecasting; water productivity; energy resources; water power; water accounting; irrigated land; water demand; environmental flows; ecosystem services; freshwater; species; biodiversity conservation; hydrometeorology; models; hydrogeology; groundwater pollution; arsenic; contamination; water quality; food chains; public health; waste water treatment plants; institutional development; water governance; socioeconomic environment; living standards; rural poverty; equity; land ownership; gender; migrant labour; women farmers; remuneration; villages; highlands; deltas; riparian zones
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