The residents of the Ganges and Mekong River deltas face serious challenges from rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, pollution from upstream sources, growing populations, and infrastructure that no longer works as planned. In both deltas, scientists working for nearly two decades with communities, local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have demonstrated the potential to overcome these challenges and substantially improve people’s livelihoods.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2018Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Thailand
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsAugust, 2014Bangladesh
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2002India, China, Sri Lanka, Australia
The problems that river basin institutions in the developed world successfully address?such as pollution, sediment buildup in rivers and the degradation of wetlands?are not the top priorities for Indian policy makers and people. The items that do top Indian agendas?providing access to water for drinking and growing food, eradicating poverty, and stopping groundwater overexploitation?are either unresolved in the developed world or have become irrelevant due to economic development.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005India, Pakistan, Asia
The full poverty-fighting potential of existing irrigation schemes is not being realized?largely because of inequitable water distribution and unsustainable land and water management practices. An integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach reveals opportunities to reduce poverty and improve overall agricultural productivity and sustainability in these systems. Research in India and Pakistan has highlighted one such opportunity?integrated management of surface water and groundwater?that has great potential for water-short systems with variable groundwater resources.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2005Sri Lanka, South-Eastern Asia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2010Nepal, Southern Asia
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2007India, Southern Asia
Developing countries like India are actively being encouraged to move from the traditional supply-side orientation towards proactive demand management under the broad framework of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a sound philosophy which is hard to disagree with.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2002India, Southern Asia
Based on research presented in the technical paper ?Artificial recharging of groundwater: An experiment in the Madhya Ganga Canal Project, India, by R. Sakthivadivel and A. S. Chawala
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2010China, Southern Asia
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