India's waters
Subtitle: Advances in development and management
By: Mahesh Chandra Chaturvedi
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781439874660
Subjects: Water-supply; Government policy; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General; Water resources development; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; Environmental management; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply; River engineering
Description: "This book examines the critical planning for better development and management of water resources, illustrated with respect to the world's largest water system. The text addresses important issues including availability and distribution of water, environmental factors, and water sharing. It also provides insights into the supply-demand context (hydrological, social, political, and engineering) related to water resources. In addition to describing current policies and technologies, the author proposes new concepts in the development and management of water as well as novel technologies"--

"One of the world's largest infrastructures for management of water has been developed in India. This is particularly important for countries of the South and East Asia, in view of their climatic-hydrologic characteristics"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.