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1 1996. Regional Seminar on Integrated River Basin Management, 2-5 September, 1996, Malacca, Malaysia: Proceedings vol.2 - Special lectures and country experiences/case studies. Malacca, Malaysia: Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage. v.p.
River basin development ; Rivers ; Legal aspects ; Water law ; Water resource management ; Simulation models ; Drainage ; Design ; Flood control / Egypt / Taiwan / Thailand / Singapore / Malaysia / Iran / India / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / Mekong Basin / Nile River / Muda River Basin / Tanshui River Basin / Mun River Basin / Melaka River / Karkheh River / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 REG Record No: H019203)
2 Haque, M. A. 1996. Water resources management in the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna River basins in Bangladesh. In Regional Seminar on Integrated River Basin Management, 2-5 September, 1996, Malacca, Malaysia: Proceedings vol.2 - Special lectures and country experiences/case studies. Malacca, Malaysia: Malaysian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage. pp.8/2/1/-14.
Water resources ; Water resource management ; River basin development ; Water demand ; Water resources development ; Institutions / Bangladesh / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 REG Record No: H019211)
3 Treffner, J.; Mioc, V.; Wegerich, Kai. 2010. International river basins. In Wegerich, Kai; Warner, J. (Eds.). The politics of water: a survey. London, UK: Routledge. pp.321-369.
River basins ; International waters ; River basin development ; River basin management ; International cooperation / Central Asia / USA / Mexico / Turkey / Syria / Iraq / India / South America / South East Asia / Australia / South Africa / Europe / Aral Sea / Amu Darya River Basin / Syr Darya River Basin / Rio Grande River Basins / Colorado River Basin / Tijuana River Basin / Danube River Basin / Euphrates River Basin / Tigris River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin / Indus River Basin / Jordan River Basin / La Plata River Basin / Mekong River Basin / Murray-Darling / Nile River Basin / Okavango River Basin / Rhine River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 WEG, e-copy SF Record No: H043030)
4 Amarasinghe, Upali; Sharma, Bharat R. 2011. Water productivity and poverty in the transboundary river basin of India and Bangladesh: a situation analysis. Project report submitted to IUCN under the project “Water Productivity, Poverty and Food Security”. New Delhi, India: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 24p.
Water productivity ; Water scarcity ; Water demand ; Water use ; Food security ; Rural poverty ; Indicators ; River basins ; International waters ; Environmental effects ; Economic aspects ; Income ; Groundwater / India / Bangladesh / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044557)
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For decades, increasing land productivity was a major driver of improving food security and reducing rural poverty. However, with increasing water scarcities, competing water demand across different sectors, and increasing cost of investments in water resources development require a paradigm shift. Improving the productivity of water use is emerging as a new way of addressing water scarcity while reducing vulnerability and improving income. Increasing both physical and economic water productivities (quantity per drop and value per drop) are central to this approach. The extent to which physical and economic water productivity should be improved is and area and context specific. However, the approach is especially important in areas that are populated with large agriculturally dependent small-holder rural people and areas that experience recurrent droughts and floods and lack access to proper infrastructure. A major part of the Ganga-Brahamaputra-Meghna (MBG) river basins have such characteristics. This report examines the current situation of poverty, food security and water productivity and their linkages and knowledge gaps in the MBG basins.
5 Khandu; Forootan, E.; Schumacher, M.; Awange, J. L.; Schmied, H. M. 2016. Exploring the influence of precipitation extremes and human water use on total water storage (TWS) changes in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin. Water Resources Research, 52(3):2240-2258. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018113]
Water storage ; Water use ; Climate change ; Precipitation ; Surface water ; Groundwater extraction ; Rain ; Drought ; Meteorological factors ; Soil moisture ; River basins ; Satellite observation ; Models ; Human behaviour / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / Bhutan / China / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047761)
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Climate extremes such as droughts and intense rainfall events are expected to strongly influence global/regional water resources in addition to the growing demands for freshwater. This study examines the impacts of precipitation extremes and human water usage on total water storage (TWS) over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin in South Asia. Monthly TWS changes derived from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) (2002–2014) and soil moisture from three reanalyses (1979–2014) are used to estimate new extreme indices. These indices are applied in conjunction with standardized precipitation indices (SPI) to explore the impacts of precipitation extremes on TWS in the region. The results indicate that although long-term precipitation do not indicate any significant trends over the two subbasins (Ganges and Brahmaputra-Meghna), there is significant decline in rainfall (9.0 6 4.0 mm/decade) over the Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin from 1998 to 2014. Both river basins exhibit a rapid decline of TWS from 2002 to 2014 (Ganges: 12.2 6 3.4 km3 /yr and Brahmaputra-Meghna: 9.1 6 2.7 km3 /yr). While the Ganges River Basin has been regaining TWS (5.4 6 2.2 km3 /yr) from 2010 onward, the Brahmaputra Meghna River Basin exhibits a further decline (13.0 6 3.2 km3 /yr) in TWS from 2011 onward. The impact of human water consumption on TWS appears to be considerably higher in Ganges compared to Brahmaputra-Meghna, where it is mainly concentrated over Bangladesh. The interannual water storage dynamics are found to be strongly associated with meteorological forcing data such as precipitation. In particular, extreme drought conditions, such as those of 2006 and 2009, had profound negative impacts on the TWS, where groundwater resources are already being unsustainably exploited.
6 Xie, L.; Rahaman, M. M.; Shen, W. 2018. When do institutions work?: a comparison of two water disputes over the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna river basins. Water Policy, 20(2):308-322. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2017.149]
Water resources ; Water management ; Water institutions ; Conflicts ; River basins ; International waters ; International cooperation ; Political aspects ; International agreements ; Case studies / India / Bangladesh / China / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048715)
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This article investigates the motives and incentives that drive countries’ diplomatic efforts in water disputes. It aims to identify links between the formation of water management institutions (WMIs) and the outcomes of such institutional cooperation. Three features have been identified as key to the effectiveness of WMIs: (1) the development of trust; (2) sanctions aimed at curbing cheating; and (3) the balancing of different countries’ interests over shared waters. This article conducts a comparative analysis of the formation of institutional arrangements among three riparian states by focusing on two cases: water interactions between China and India, and between India and Bangladesh. It argues that India, China and Bangladesh have exhibited different preferences in regard to their participation in WMIs. The two cases illustrate how different WMIs are formed and also how, in proportion to variations in the level of competition over water quantity, diplomatic cooperation through environmental agreements can lead to different outcomes with varying degrees of success. This article concludes that in the context of the global South, where foreign relations are unstable and countries’ reliance on river basins varied, building trust and balancing interests over water management are especially important to the formation of effective institutional arrangements.
7 Mukherjee, A. (Ed.) 2018. Groundwater of South Asia. Singapore: Springer. 799p. (Springer Hydrogeology) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3889-1]
Groundwater management ; Water resources ; Groundwater recharge ; Groundwater irrigation ; Water availability ; Water quality ; Freshwater ; Water governance ; Climate change ; Water storage ; Aquifers ; Hydrology ; Geology ; Water pollution ; Contamination ; Arsenic compounds ; Fluorides ; Coastal areas ; Salinity ; Arid zones ; Legal frameworks ; Surface water ; Water security ; Forecasting ; Investment ; Smallholders ; Socioeconomic impact / South Asia / Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Bhutan / India / Myanmar / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / West Bengal / Bay of Bengal / Delhi / Kerala / Kashmir / Nadia / Khulna / Satkhira / Sundarbans / Bengal Basin / Kabul River Basin / Gangetic Basin / Ganges River Basin / Meghna River Basin / Indus River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Farakka Barrage
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H049987)
8 Malakar, P.; Mukherjee, A.; Bhanja, S. N.; Ganguly, A. R.; Ray, R. K.; Zahid, A.; Sarkar, S.; Saha, D.; Chattopadhyay, S. 2021. Three decades of depth-dependent groundwater response to climate variability and human regime in the transboundary Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna mega river basin aquifers. Advances in Water Resources, 149:103856. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2021.103856]
Groundwater table ; Climate change ; River basins ; International waters ; Aquifers ; Groundwater recharge ; Water extraction ; Anthropogenic factors ; Water levels ; Wells ; Irrigation ; Precipitation / India / Bangladesh / Indus River Basin / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050254)
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Groundwater plays a major role in human adaptation and ecological sustainability against climate variability by providing global water and food security. In the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna aquifers (IGBM), groundwater abstraction has been reported to be one of the primary contributors to groundwater storage variability. However, there is still a lack of understanding on the relative influence of climate and abstraction on groundwater. Data-guided statistical studies are reported to be crucial in understanding the human-natural complex system. Here, we attributed the long-term (1985–2015) impact of local-precipitation, global-climate cycles, and human influence on multi-depth groundwater levels (n=6753) in the IGBM using lag correlation analysis, wavelet coherence analysis, and regression-based dominance analysis. Our findings highlight the variable patterns of phase lags observed between multi-depth groundwater levels and precipitation depending on the different nature of climatic and anthropogenic drivers in different parts of the basin. We observed intuitive responses, i.e., rapid response in shallow groundwater and relatively delayed responses to the global climate patterns with increasing depth. However, in the most exploited areas, the hydrological processes governing the groundwater recharge are overwhelmed by unsustainable groundwater abstraction, thus decoupling the hydro-climatic continuum. Our results also suggest groundwater abstraction to be the dominant influence in most of the basin, particularly at the greater depth of the aquifer, thus highlighting the importance of understanding multi-depth groundwater dynamics for future groundwater management and policy interventions.
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