Indus River Basin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indus River Basin write by Sadiq I. Khan. This book was released on 2019-01-12. Indus River Basin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability provides a comprehensive treatment of water-related issues within the Indus River basin. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, hence this book serves as a single, holistic source covering the whole region, not just a single country. Many of the challenges faced by this region are trans-boundary issues, especially within the context of climate change and water scarcity. Topics covered include extreme engineering and water resource management (one of the largest irrigation systems in dry to semi-desert conditions), social sciences (population dynamics linked to water resources) and political sciences. As such, this book is relevant and important to all researchers interested in these issues. Includes detailed chapters provided by specialists in each different field as compiled by well experienced editors Presents work from related fields across the Indus basin and makes them easily accessible on one single place Shows the Indus River as a type case and shares issues relevant to other locations across the world
Blood and Water
Blood and Water - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blood and Water write by David Gilmartin. This book was released on 2020-04-14. Blood and Water available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The book is a history of the political and environmental transformation of the Indus basin as a result of the modern construction of the world's largest, integrated irrigation system. Begun under British colonial rule in the 19th century, this transformation continued after the region was divided between two new states, India and Pakistan, in 1947. Massive irrigation works have turned an arid region into one of dense agricultural population, but its political legacies continue to shape the politics and statecraft of the region"--Provided by publisher.
Rivers Divided
Rivers Divided - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rivers Divided write by Daniel Haines. This book was released on 2017. Rivers Divided available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Daniel Haines uncovers the history of one of the most important factors in relations between these two South Asian powers -- water
The Indus Basin of Pakistan
The Indus Basin of Pakistan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Indus Basin of Pakistan write by Winston H. Yu. This book was released on 2013. The Indus Basin of Pakistan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study, Indus basin of Pakistan: the impacts of climate risks on water and agriculture was undertaken at a pivotal time in the region. The weak summer monsoon in 2009 created drought conditions throughout the country. This followed an already tenuous situation for many rural households faced with high fuel and fertilizer costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million people, devastating their housing, infrastructure, and crops. Damages from this single flood event were estimated at US dollar 10 billion, half of which were losses in the agriculture sector. Notwithstanding the debate as to whether these observed extremes are evidence of climate change, an investigation is needed regarding the extent to which the country is resilient to these shocks. It is thus timely, if not critical, to focus on climate risks for water, agriculture, and food security in the Indus basin of Pakistan.
Imagining Industan
Imagining Industan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Imagining Industan write by Zafar Adeel. This book was released on 2016-11-01. Imagining Industan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained from revisiting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as well as from mounting joint efforts to increase water supply, to combat climate change, to develop hydroelectric power, and to improve water management. The Indus basin is shared by four countries (Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan). The basin’s significance stems in part simply from the importance of these countries, three of them among the planet’s most populous states, one of them boasting the world’s second largest economy, and three of them members of the exclusive nuclear weapons club. However, the basin’s significance stems also from the great importance of the Indus waters themselves – due especially to the region’s massive dependence on irrigated agriculture as well as to the menace of climate change and advancing water scarcity. The “Industan” this volume imagines is a definite departure from business as usual responses to the Indus basin’s emerging fresh water crisis. The objective is to kindle serious discussion of the cooperation needed to confront what many water experts believe is developing into one of the planet’s most gravely threatened river basins. It is thus both assessment of the current state of play in regard to water security in the Indus basin and recommendation about where to go from here.
