The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and Implications
This book presents multi-disciplinary analyses of the environmental effects and implications in Bangladesh and India of the Ganges water diversion. The analyses demonstrate that the downstream part of the Ganges River basin in Bangladesh, which has a sensitive ecosystem, has become very vulnerable to water diversion and as a result it has caused significant damage to many economic sectors and ecosystems. Areas upstream of the Farakka Barrage in India have become more vulnerable to floods and riverbank erosion. The Kolkata Port has marginally benefited from the water diversion. In the Hooghly R
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Preliminary
The Ganges Water Diversion: Environmental Effects and Implications
An Introduction
Hydrological Changes in Bangladesh
Role of Farakka Barrage on the Disastrous 1998 Flood in Malda (West Bengal)
Impact of Upstream Human Interventions on the Morphology of the Ganges-Gorai System
Effects on Water Salinity in Bangladesh
Farakka Barrage and its Impact on the Hydrology and Fishery of Hooghly Estuary
Implications on Ecosystems in Bangladesh
Watering the Bangladeshi Sundarbans Adverse Effects on Agriculture in the Ganges Basin in BangladeshEnvironmental Impacts of the Ganges Water Diversion and its International Legal Aspects
Watching the Farakka Barrage: Role of Media
Vulnerability to the Ganges Water Diversion: Adaptation and Coping Mechanisms
The Ganges Water-Sharing Treaty: Risk Analysis of the Negotiated Discharge
Regional Cooperation on Water and Environment in the Ganges Basin: Bangladesh Perspectives
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