Keywords:
Hydrogeology--Indus River Region.
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Hydrogeology--Ganges River Region (India and Bangladesh).
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Hydrogeology--China--Yellow River Region.
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Groundwater--Indus River Region--Management.
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Groundwater--Ganges River Region (India and Bangladesh)--Management.
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Groundwater--China--Yellow River Region--Management.
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Crops--Water requirements--Indus River Region.
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Crops--Water requirements--Ganges River Region (India and Bangladesh).
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Crops--Water requirements--China--Yellow River Region.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
If the world's water crisis is "mainly a crisis of governance", groundwater represents the grimmest side of this crisis in Asia. - Tushaar Shah, International Water Management Institute, India.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (350 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781135220105
Series Statement:
IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1449751
DDC:
333.91/3095
Language:
English
Note:
Front cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the editors -- Introduction -- Glossary of non-English words -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The role of groundwater in agriculture, livelihoods, and rural povery alleviation in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins: A review -- CHAPTER 2. Towards better management of groundwater resources-lessons from an integrated capacity building project in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River basins -- CHAPTER 3. A comparative analysis of the hydrogeology of the Indus-Gangetic and Yellow River basins -- Region specific case studies -- CHAPTER 4. Groundwater resource issues and the socio-economic implications of groundwater use: Evidence from Punjab, Pakistan -- CHAPTER 5. Groundwater resources and the impact of groundwater sharing institutions: Insights from Indian Punjab -- CHAPTER 6. Groundwater resource conditions, socio-economic impacts and policy-institutional options: A case study of Vaishali District of Bihar, India -- CHAPTER 7. Groundwater resource conditions and groundwater sharing institutions: Evidence from eastern Indo-Gangetic basin, India -- CHAPTER 8. The impact of shallow tubewells on irrigation water availability, access, crop productivity and farmers' income in the lower Gangetic Plain of Bangladesh -- CHAPTER 9. Reaching the poor: Effectiveness of the current shallow tubewell policy in Nepal -- CHAPTER 10. Agricultural groundwater issues in North China: A case study from Zhengzhou Municipal Area -- CHAPTER 11. Groundwater use and its management: Polcy and institutional options in rural areas on North China -- Thematic issues on groundwater irrigation -- CHAPTER 12. Anthropological perspectives on groundwater irrigation: Ethnographic evidence from a village in Bist Doab, Punjab.
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CHAPTER 13. Social regulation of groundwater and its relevance to the existing regulatory framework in Andhra Pradesh, India -- CHAPTER 14. Using the living wisdon of well drillers to construct digital groundwater data bases across Indo-Gangetic basin -- CHAPTER 15. Crop per volume of diesel? The energy-squeeze on India's small-holder irrigation -- CHAPTER 16. Managing the energy-irrigation nexus in West Bengal, India -- CHAPTER 17. Groundwater markets in the North China Plain: Impact on irrigation water use, crop yields and farmer income -- Subject index -- Author index -- SERIES IAH-Selected Papers -- Back cover.
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