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This book deals with environmental effects on both sides of the
border between Bangladesh and India caused by the Ganges water
diversion. This issue came to my attention in early 1976 when news
media in Bangladesh and overseas, began publications of articles on
the unilateral withdrawal of a huge quantity of water from the
Ganges River through the commissioning of the Farakka Barrage in
India. I first pursued the subject professionally in 1984 while
working as a contributor for Bangladesh Today, Holiday and New
Nation. During the next two decades, I followed the protracted
hydro-political negotiations between the riparian countries in the
Ganges basin, and I traveled extensively to observe the
environmental and ecological changes in Bangladesh as well as India
that occurred due to the water diversion. The Ganges, one of the
longest rivers of the world originates at the Gangotri glacier in
the Himalayas and flows across the plains of North India.
Eventually the river splits into two main branches and empties into
the Bay of Bengal. The conflict of diversion and sharing of the
Ganges water arose in the middle of the last century when the
government of India decided to implement a barrage at Farakka to
resolve a navigation problem at the Kolkata Port.
Flood Problem and Management in South Asia focuses on both the
hazard and the vulnerability aspects of floods. This book addresses
floods in South Asia from a multidisciplinary approach. The
characteristics and nature of the flood problem and its management
aspects are examined. It is suggested that flood control and
management focused on structural solutions using embankments and
reservoirs are insufficient. Effective solutions must go beyond
structural measures and require major restructuring of both legal
systems and institutions responsible for management. For those
people living in the vast flood plains of South Asia to be able to
overcome social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, an
adaptive approach to management of flood risks that identifies
specific strategies is needed.
Flood Problem and Management in South Asia focuses on both the
hazard and the vulnerability aspects of floods. This book addresses
floods in South Asia from a multidisciplinary approach. The
characteristics and nature of the flood problem and its management
aspects are examined. It is suggested that flood control and
management focused on structural solutions using embankments and
reservoirs are insufficient. Effective solutions must go beyond
structural measures and require major restructuring of both legal
systems and institutions responsible for management. For those
people living in the vast flood plains of South Asia to be able to
overcome social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, an
adaptive approach to management of flood risks that identifies
specific strategies is needed.
This book deals with environmental effects on both sides of the
border between Bangladesh and India caused by the Ganges water
diversion. This issue came to my attention in early 1976 when news
media in Bangladesh and overseas, began publications of articles on
the unilateral withdrawal of a huge quantity of water from the
Ganges River through the commissioning of the Farakka Barrage in
India. I first pursued the subject professionally in 1984 while
working as a contributor for Bangladesh Today, Holiday and New
Nation. During the next two decades, I followed the protracted
hydro-political negotiations between the riparian countries in the
Ganges basin, and I traveled extensively to observe the
environmental and ecological changes in Bangladesh as well as India
that occurred due to the water diversion. The Ganges, one of the
longest rivers of the world originates at the Gangotri glacier in
the Himalayas and flows across the plains of North India.
Eventually the river splits into two main branches and empties into
the Bay of Bengal. The conflict of diversion and sharing of the
Ganges water arose in the middle of the last century when the
government of India decided to implement a barrage at Farakka to
resolve a navigation problem at the Kolkata Port.
South Asia's seasonal and spatial climate variations, from monsoon
floods to dry periods and drought, ensures that water resource
issues are as critical today as they ever have been. This book
highlights the impacts of such extreme climatic fluctuations
including damages to infrastructure, property, and animal and human
population, and explores the key economic sectors which suffer
greatly during these events. Using hydrologic models to underline
aspects and impacts of climatic change, the text emphasizes the
possibility of increased vulnerability in such conditions unless
adequate adaptation measures are designed and implemented. Dealing
with issues of water resources, flood management, climatology and
environmental sciences, this is a book of interest to scientists,
policy-makers, academics and students alike.
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