Research Catalog

Title

Water as a focus for regional development / edited by Asit K. Biswas, Olcay Ünver, and Cecilia Tortajada.

Publication

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Biswas, Asit K.
• Ünver, İ. H. Olcay.
• Tortajada, Cecilia.
• Third World Centre for Water Management.
• Nihon Zaidan.

Description

xvii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Contributed articles; study conducted by Third World Centre for Water Management and Nippon Foundation.

Series Statement

Water resources management series

Uniform Title

Water resources management series.

Subject

• Water resources development
• Water-supply > Management
• Regional planning > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Water and regional development -- 2. Asian experiences in water and regional development -- 3. Water resources, impoverishment, and regional imbalances : some reflections from the state of Gujarat, India -- 4. Water development potential within a basin-wide approach : Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) issues -- 5. Water and regional development in the Yellow River basin -- 6. Current situation and future prospects of water and river management in Japan -- 7. Participative water-based regional development in the South-eastern Anatolia project (GAP) : a pioneering model -- 8. South-eastern Anatolia project : impacts of the Atatürk Dam -- 9. Evolution of water management institutions in select Southern African international river basins -- 10. Water resources development in California -- 11. Contribution of water resources development to regional development : case studies from Latin America -- 12. Salto Grande : a binational dam on the Uruguay River.

ISBN

0195657942

LCCN

• 2004329376
• 9780195657944

OCLC

• ocm56903802
• SCSB-5111271

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries