Title The Yamuna River basin : water resources and environment / Raveendra Kumar Rai [and others]

Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Science+Business Media B.V., ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 476 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) Series Water science and technology library, 0921-092X ; v. 66 Water science and technology library ; v. 66. 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 Summary 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 mangement 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 Analysis Geography meteorologie meteorology klimatologie climatology afvalwaterbehandeling waste water treatment waterbeheer water management klimaatverandering climatic change hydrogeologie hydrogeology aardwetenschappen earth sciences geomorfologie geomorphology Geology (General) Geologie (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Water resources development -- India -- Yamuna River Water -- Pollution -- India -- Yamuna River BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Water -- Pollution Water resources development SUBJECT Yamuna River (India) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87001822 Subject India -- Yamuna River Form Electronic book Author Rai, Raveendra Kumar ISBN 9789400720015 9400720017

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