TY - BOOK AU - Chaturvedi, Mahesh C TI - Ganga - Brahmaputra - Meghna waters: : advances in development and management SN - 9781439873762 U1 - 333.9162 PY - 2013/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Water resources development --India N1 - 1.introduction-- 2.System environmental characteristics-- 3.Socioeconomic scene -- Pr. II Current development policy and state -- 4.Environmental management Historical perspective-- 5.Development in Nepal and Bhutan-- 6.Post- Independence development - Indian -- 7.Environmental management in Bangladesh-- 8. Indo -Nepal and Indo _ Bhutan Interaction -- 9. Indo - Bangladesh Interaction -- 10.Institution Setup-- Pr. III Proposed revolutionary policy -- 11.Current scene and official future perceptions -- 12.Revolutionizing the development and management of water - Conceptual and policy issues-- 13.Revolutionizing the environmental management of the GBM basin-- 14.Total integrated development of GBM - Policy and implementation-- 15.Conclusions N2 - "Addressing one of the most serious problems for developing countries, namely, lack of water, this book proposes the revolutionary development of the Ganga-Brahmputra-Meghna (GBM) basin. These rivers are of great importance in various developmental aspects of China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. The text presents a novel piece of creative water engineering of the world's largest river basin. It discusses water resource development and management issues related to the GBM river basin, including development, interactions, institutional setups, and future prospects" ER -