The Yamuna River Basin Water Resources and Environment /

• Main Authors: Rai, Raveendra Kumar (Author), Upadhyay, Alka (Author), Ojha, C. Shekhar P. (Author), Singh, Vijay P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library, 66
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrology.; Climate change.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Climate Change.

This book is designed to provide concepts, methodologies, and approaches for river basin studies with respect to water resources and environment. The book is not limited to the Yamuna River basin, but will help in the study of various other river basins for integrated water resources management. The...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• List of figures
• List of tables
• 1 River basins of India and water resources
• 2 Salient features of the Yamuna river basin
• 3 Climate of the basin
• 4 Pattern changes in climatic variables
• 5 Geomorphology and geology
• 6 Soil, landuse and agriculture
• 7 Socio-economic status
• 8 Water resources and water budgeting
• 9 Water pollution
• 10 Wastewater generation and treatment
• 11 Water quality index and status
• 12 Environmental flows
• 13 Cropping plan for water resources management
• Appendices
• Index.