The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins contain the largest number of the world’s poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily, and unless the current development trends are broken, poverty will become even more pervasive. The region is endowed with considerable natural resources that could be used to foster sustainable economic development. Water could be successfully used as the engine to promote economic development of the region, which has ...
Integrated Water Resources Management in South and South-East Asia
It is now recognized that water will be one of the critical resource issues of the world in the 21 century. It is thus essential that water resources be managed efficiently and equitably so that developing countries are not constrained in terms of their social and economic development because of water scarcities, floods, and water quality deterioration. One of the most popular paradigms at present is integrated water resources management. While conceptually it ...
Appraising Sustainable Development: Water Management and Environmental Challenges
