Mirza The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and Implications [eBook]

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4020-2792-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 49, 368 Seiten

Reihe: Water Science and Technology Library

This book presents multi-disciplinary analyses of the environmental effects and implications in Bangladesh and India of the Ganges water diversion. The analyses demonstrate that the downstream part of the Ganges River basin in Bangladesh, which has - sensitive ecosystem, has become very vulnerable to water diversion and as - result it has caused significant damage to many economic sectors and ecosystems. Areas upstream of the Farakka Barrage in India have become more vulnerable to floods and riverbank erosion. The Kolkata Port has marginally benefited from the water diversion. In the Hooghly River estuary, populations of flora and fauna have thrived. In the downstream areas of Bangladesh costly adaptation measures have been adopted and in many cases damages are irreparable. - regional cooperative framework is presented to foster water resources and environmental development in the Ganges River basin.

Zielgruppe

Geosciences, general, Hydrogeology, Environmental Management, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis/Environmental Ecotoxicology, Waste Water Technology, Water Pollution Control, Water Management, Aquatic Pollution

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mirza, M. Monirul Qader

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik

Über Autor(innen)

M. Monirul Qader Mirza, University of Toronto, ON, Canada