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1 Sharma, K.; Moore, B.; Vorosmarty, C. J. 2000. Anthropogenic, climatic, and hydrologic trends in the Kosi Basin, Himalaya. Climatic Change, 47:141-165.
Climate change ; River basins ; Hydrology ; Time series ; Precipitation ; Land use ; Population growth / Asia / Himalaya / Kosi Basin / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7828 Record No: H039925)
2 Sharma, K. P.; Vorosmarty, C. J.; Moore, B. 2000. Sensitivity of the Himalayan hydrology to land-use and climatic changes. Climatic Change, 47:117-139.
Climate change ; Land use ; Water balance ; Simulation models ; Hydrology ; Runoff ; Precipitation / Asia / Himalaya / Kosi Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7829 Record No: H039926)
3 Rai, S. P.; Wolf, A. T.; Sharma, N. 2017. Hydropolitics and hydropolitical dynamics between India and Nepal: an event-based study. Water Policy, 19(5):791-819. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2017.063]
International waters ; Political aspects ; International cooperation ; Conflicts ; River basin management ; Risk assessment ; Databases ; International agreements ; Water quality ; Water power ; Flood control ; Fisheries ; Navigation ; Economic development ; Irrigation programs ; Infrastructure ; Technology ; Statistical methods / India / Nepal / Ganges Basin / Mahakali Basin / Karnali Basin / Gandak Basin / Kosi Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048401)
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India and Nepal not only share common borders and cultures, but also share precious freshwater sources, i.e., rivers. Rivers have been discussed often in the political corridors because they cross international borders, which transform water reserves into a competitive resource and lead to hydropolitical dynamics between riparian countries. Nepal and India are two of the major riparian nations that share the mighty and complex Ganges Basin. The objective here was to study the more-than-a-century-old hydro-diplomacy between India and Nepal, passing through tumultuous political scenarios to understand how water relations have been shaped and reshaped with time. For this, a database of historical individual events/actions of water cooperation and conflict from 1874 to 2014 was compiled. These events/actions were ranked by intensity, using precise definitions of conflict and cooperation as suggested by the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database under the Basins at Risk project formulated at Oregon State University. Statistical analyses indicated cooperative events greatly outnumbered conflictive events. Out of 351 events, only 4% were conflictive, 92% were cooperative, and the remaining 4% were neutral. The study revealed an abundance of cooperative events; however, when seen through the lens of conflict-cooperation levels, the findings indicated a moderately positive cooperation, without much concrete action.
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