The Yamuna River Basin: Water Resources and Environment

Author:   Raveendra Kumar Rai ,  Alka Upadhyay ,  C. Shekhar P. Ojha ,  Vijay P. Singh
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   2012 ed.
Volume:   66
ISBN:  

9789400736993


Pages:   478
Publication Date:   27 November 2013
Format:   Paperback
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The Yamuna River Basin: Water Resources and Environment


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This book is designed to provide concepts, methodologies, and approaches for river basin studies with respect to water resources and environment. The book is not limited to the Yamuna River basin, but will help in the study of various other river basins for integrated water resources management. The book covers the essential components of integrated water resources management, including analysis of climatic variables, climate change detection, analysis of natural resources, geology, geomorphology, socio-economics, water budgeting, flood estimation, river pollution, etc. Furthermore, the book addresses recent issues pertaining to water quality, water quality indices, environmental flows, water resources management through cropping pattern change, etc. along  with methodologies and application to the Yamuna River system. However, the main objective of this book is to address important issues of water resources management of river basins. Audience: The manuscript has been designed so that it can be used as a reference for river basin studies. The book will be useful to engineers, agricultural scientists, environmentalists, planners, managers, and administrators who are concerned with water resources.

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Author:   Raveendra Kumar Rai ,  Alka Upadhyay ,  C. Shekhar P. Ojha ,  Vijay P. Singh
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2012 ed.
Volume:   66
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9789400736993


ISBN 10:   9400736991
Pages:   478
Publication Date:   27 November 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface.- List of figures.- List of tables.- 1 River basins of India and water resources.- 2 Salient features of the Yamuna river basin.- 3 Climate of the basin.- 4 Pattern changes in climatic variables.- 5 Geomorphology and geology.- 6 Soil, landuse and agriculture.- 7 Socio-economic status.- 8 Water resources and water budgeting.- 9 Water pollution.- 10 Wastewater generation and treatment.- 11 Water quality index and status.- 12 Environmental flows.- 13 Cropping plan for water resources management.- Appendices.- Index

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