Water allocation rules are put in place to ensure that various parties receive a portion of developed water supplies. Allocation of river water to cities, industries and agriculture has been a common practice but now there is an increasing recognition of the need to also allocate water for enviro...
Bharati, Luna
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Anand, B.K.
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[Environment flows: moving from concepts to application, a case study from India]
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Environment flows: moving from concepts to application, a case study from India
Subsurface flow is an important component of the catchment hydrological cycle. Various mechanisms of this process and their role in storm-flow generation attracted the attention of many researchers throughout the twentieth century. The results of most of these studies are well documented. However...
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Some early Russian studies of subsurface storm-flow processes]
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Some early Russian studies of subsurface storm-flow processes
Floods are one of the most frequent and widespread natural hazards in the world. A recent example is the 2011 floods in three of the four Lower Mekong Basin Countries (Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam) that caused severe impacts in terms of loss of life and damage to infrastructure. Several studies...
Amarnath, Giriraj
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Pavelic, Paul
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Analysis of trends in extreme flood events and mitigation strategies in SOUTHEAST ASIA. [Abstract only].]
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Analysis of trends in extreme flood events and mitigation strategies in SOUTHEAST ASIA. [Abstract only].
Assessing the impacts of global warming on rainfall is crucial in the Mekong region where food production mostly relies on rainfed agriculture. Changes in rainfall in recent decades, and their possible associations to climate change, remain poorly understood in Southeast Asia. Spatial and tempora...
Lacombe, Guillaume
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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[Possible link between global warming and rainfall trends in the Mekong Basin. [Abstract only].]
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Possible link between global warming and rainfall trends in the Mekong Basin. [Abstract only].
Wetlands and forests have strong effects on hydrological processes by changing the rate of evaporation, transpiration, and flow routing in a basin, which affects basin water management such as dam operations. This study aims to assess the flow regulating functions of wetlands and forests using a ...
Xueliang Cai
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Flow duration curve for evaluating ecosystem flow regulating functions in the Zambezi River Basin [Africa].]
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Flow duration curve for evaluating ecosystem flow regulating functions in the Zambezi River Basin [Africa].
This paper presents algorithm for flood inundation mapping to understand seasonal and annual changes in the flood extent and in the context of emergency response. Time-series profiles of Land Surface Water Index (LSWI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI...
Amarnath, Giriraj
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Ameer, Mohamed
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Detecting spatio-temporal changes in the extent of seasonal and annual flooding in South Asia using multi-resolution satellite data]
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Detecting spatio-temporal changes in the extent of seasonal and annual flooding in South Asia using multi-resolution satellite data
This paper assesses water depletion of agricultural production in the Moga district of the State of Punjab. It particularly focuses on growth in agricultural production and stress on water resources induced by groundwater irrigation. Rice, wheat and forage crops comprise more than 99% of the annu...
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Agriculture diversification for sustainable groundwater use: a case study in the Moga District of Punjab, India]
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Agriculture diversification for sustainable groundwater use: a case study in the Moga District of Punjab, India
Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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Damen, B.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Soda, Wannipa
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Impacts of rising biofuel demand on local water resources: case studies in Thailand and Malaysia. [Report of the IWMI-FAO Bioenergy in Asia and the Pacific Project].]
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Impacts of rising biofuel demand on local water resources: case studies in Thailand and Malaysia. [Report of the IWMI-FAO Bioenergy in Asia and the Pacific Project].
Strategies for overcoming the lack of agricultural groundwater development over much of SSA are urgently needed. Expansion of small-scale groundwater irrigation offers an attractive option to smallholder farmers to overcome poor wet-season rainfall and enhance dry season production. This paper pr...
Pavelic, Paul
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Favreau, G.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Water balance approach for assessing potential for small-scale groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Water balance approach for assessing potential for small-scale groundwater irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Erkossa, Teklu
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Fernando, Ashra
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[Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands: its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile. Intermediate Results Dissemination Workshop held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 February 2009. Summary report, abstracts of papers with proceedings on CD-ROM]
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Improved water and land management in the Ethiopian highlands: its impact on downstream stakeholders dependent on the Blue Nile. Intermediate Results Dissemination Workshop held at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5-6 February 2009. Summary report, abstracts of papers with proceedings on CD-ROM