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1 Ohlsson, L. (Ed.) 1995. Hydropolitics: Conflicts over water as a development constraint. Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. 230p.
Water resources ; Conflict ; Constraints ; Political aspects ; Water scarcity ; Water shortage ; River basins ; Water availability ; Water use ; Dams ; Water stress ; Environmental effects ; Runoff ; Land use ; Water market ; Water rights ; Water policy / Africa / Middle East / Arab countries / Israel / Jordan / Lebanon / Syria / Egypt / Turkey / Iraq / Palestine / Gaza / Kuwait / India / South East Asia / Cambodia / Vietnam / Laos / Nile River / Ganges River / Ravi River / Beas River / Sutlej River / Cauvery River / Mekong River / Euphrates River / Tigris River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 OHL Record No: H025600)
2 Corell, E.; Swain, A. 1995. India: The domestic and international politics of water scarcity. In Ohlsson, L. (Ed.), Hydropolitics: Conflicts over water as a development constraint. Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Press Ltd. pp.123-148.
Water scarcity ; River basins ; Political aspects ; Conflict ; Water allocation ; Case studies / India / Ganges River / Ravi River / Beas River / Sutlej River / Cauvery River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 OHL Record No: H025605)
3 Salman, S. M. A. 2002. Inter-states water disputes in India: An analysis of the settlement process. Water Policy, 4(3):223-237.
Water resource management ; Water shortage ; Legislation ; Rivers ; Conflict / India / Andhra Pradesh / Maharashtra / Karnataka / Madhya Pradesh / Orissa / Krishna River / Narmada River / Godavari River / Ravi River / Beas River / Cauvery River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H030913)
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4 Mahajan, R. A. K.; Sharma, U. K. 2005. Deforestation and geo-environmental degradation in the Baner Khad Watershed, Himachal Pradesh, India. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 2(1):39-46.
Watersheds ; Environmental degradation ; Deforestation / India / Himachal Pradesh / Baner Khad Watershed / Beas River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H037988)
5 Wood, J. R. 2007. The politics of water resource development in India: the Narmada dams controversy. New Delhi, India: Sage. 285p.
Water resource management ; Water resources development ; Conflict ; Water policy ; Human rights ; Legal aspects ; Environmental protection ; Dams ; Cost benefit analysis ; Political aspects ; Water harvesting ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Water user associations / India / Narmada / Sardar Sarovar Dam / Krishna River / Godavari River / Cauvery River / Ravi River / Beas River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.9162 G635 WOO Record No: H041764)
6 Canovas, J. A. B.; Trappmann, D.; Shekhar, M.; Bhattacharyya, A.; Stoffel, M. 2017. Regional flood-frequency reconstruction for Kullu district, western Indian Himalayas. Journal of Hydrology, 546:140-149. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.059]
Natural disasters ; Flood frequency ; Flood peak ; Frequency analysis ; Flow discharge ; Reconstruction ; Indicators ; Growth rings ; Hydrology ; Models ; Uncertainty ; Monsoon climate ; Catchment areas / India / Himalayan Region / Himachal Pradesh / Kullu / Beas River / Thiertan River / Sainj River / Parvati River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048042)
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Floods are a major threat in many valleys of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR). Yet, the lack of reliable data on past events renders the implementation of appropriate adaptation policies a difficult task, and therefore also hampers the mitigation of future disasters. In an attempt to overcome these shortcomings, we combine reconstructed paleoflood events based on tree-ring analyses with existing systematic records, so as to derive a regional flood frequency. Analysis was realized with tree-ring records and through the dating of growth disturbances in riparian trees of major rivers in Kullu district (Himachal Pradesh, Indian Himalayas). To this end, we combined field-based observations, tree-ring analyses, hydraulic modelling and statistical approaches. Results suggest that the occurrence of floods in Kullu district is recurrent, with a marked seasonality and a cyclic natural variability in flood frequency at multi-decadal scales, as well as distinct spatial representativeness. The inclusion of peak discharge data of past, previously ungauged, flood events derived from tree-ring records has a significant and positive impact on the flood frequency assessment. Flood hazards and associated risks have been clearly underestimated in the region and based on the systematic records alone. We also demonstrate that a regional flood frequency approach is suitable to optimize the information gathered from tree rings and that flood frequency can thus be analyzed for larger regions. The approach used in this paper can be implemented in the other, poorly gauged region and thus contribute to climate change adaptation policies in undocumented environments such as the Indian Himalayan Region.
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