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Inter-basin water transfers are complex human interventions on natural systems that can have profound adverse as well as beneficial social, economic and environmental implications. India‘s plan to interlink its rivers (ILR) and to transfer water may, according to one set of views, generate positive benefits through improved and expanded irrigation
This work investigates the multifaceted socio-economic and environmental implications of India's proposed inter-basin water transfer project. The authors, drawing on expertise in environmental engineering and hydrology, analyze the technical feasibility and the potential consequences of large-scale human intervention in natural river systems. The text provides a critical framework for evaluating whether the projected benefits of irrigation expansion and water security outweigh the significant ecological risks associated with such massive infrastructure developments.
What You Will Find
Experts and researchers in the field of water resource management utilize this text as a comprehensive overview of the complexities inherent in the Indian river interlinking project. Readers frequently note the technical depth of the analysis and the balanced approach taken toward the competing arguments surrounding the initiative.
Page Count:
320
Publication Date:
2008-01-01
Publisher:
CRC Press
ISBN-10:
020389457X
ISBN-13:
9780203894576
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