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1 online resource (xxix, 308 pages) : maps |
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Advances in Asian human-environmental research |
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Advances in Asian human-environmental research.
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1. Introduction -- 2. Damodar Valley Region -- 3. Floods and Water Resource Management in a Tropical River, the Damodar -- 4. The Reservoired Lower Damodar: Hydro-Geomorphic Perspective -- 5. Colonization Processes in the Damodar Riverbed -- 6. Controlled Lower Damodar: Social Perspective -- 7. The Controlled Lower Damodar: A Product of Hydrogeomorphic and Anthropogenic Processes -- 8. Towards Better Interaction -- References -- APPENDIX I. Model questionnaire of perception survey -- APPENDIX II. List of reference maps -- APPENDIX III. Hydrological observation -- APPENDIX IV. Information about Maithon and Panchet Project.-APPENDIX V. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Rhondia -- APPENDIX VI. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Damodar Bridge Site -- APPENDIX VII. Inflow into Durgapur Barrage and canal consumption -- APPENDIX VIII. Volume of water released down the Durgapur Barrage and canals -- APPENDIX IX. Combined moderation by Maithon and Panchet dams of the Damodar River -- APPENDIX X. Peak flow of the Damodar River, Rhondia -- APPENDIX XI. Average monsoon discharge and suspended sediment of Damodar at Damodar Bridge Site -- APPENDIX XII. GIS as a toolbox for flood, water & land resource planners |
| Summary |
Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar's lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn't an exceptional tropical river, nor does it feature classic examples of river control structures, it is unusual and worthy of study due to the fact that nowhere else in the tropical world have riverine sandbars been used as a resource base as well as for permanent settlements. Based on their knowledge of river stages, the inhabitants have fine-tuned t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Stream ecology -- India -- Damodar River
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Hydraulic engineering.
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Pollution.
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Physical geography.
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hydraulic engineering.
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pollution.
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chemical pollution.
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physical geography.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Rivers.
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Environnement.
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Climat.
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Stream ecology
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Damodar River (India) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97006046
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| Subject |
India -- Damodar River
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bhattacharyya, Kumkum
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| ISBN |
9789400704671 |
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9400704674 |
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9400704666 |
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9789400704664 |
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