The Brahmaputra basin water resources
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The Brahmaputra basin water resources
（Water science and technology library, v. 47）
Kluwer Academic, 2004
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The Brahmaputra River represents nearly 30% of India's water resources potential and 41% of its total hydropower. No sustainable future for this underdeveloped region can occur without a plan combining social, political, economic, cultural, and legal considerations with scientific paradigms. This book pools the talent, knowledge and experience of a wide range of water resource professionals to provide an exhaustive study of the Brahmaputra River basin, present and future.
Table of Contents
1: Introduction.- 2: Weather and Climate.- 3: Hydrometeorology.- 4: Soils and Agriculture.- 5: An Overview of the Brahmaputra River System.- 6: Fluvial Geomorphology.- 7: Hydrogeology.- 8: Hydrology.- 9: Channel Processes.- 10: Spatio-Temporal Morphological Features.- 11: Mathematical Modelling and Braid Indicators.- 12: Hydraulic Structures.- 13: Scour Around Spurs at Gumi Site.- 14: Water Resources Planning.- 15: Brahmaputra Flooding: Problems for Administration and Prospects.- 16: The Brahmaputra in Assam's Economy.- 17: Financial Constraint in Assam.- 18: Society in the Brahmaputra Valley.- 19: Ecology.- 20: Wetlands and their Role in the Geo-Ecological Environment.- 21: Water Quality, Mineral Transport and Sediment Biogeochemistry.- 22: Cropping Systems.- 23: Ground Water Development.- 24: Irrigation Development.- 25: Development of Power.- 26: Navigation Development.- 27: Transport Infrastructural Scenario.- 28: Flood Management.- 29: Remote Sensing and GIS In Flood Management.- 30: Seismo-Tectonic and Earthquake Design Parameters.
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