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. But these measures need to be based on a holistic understanding of sustainability. Large hydropower projects are not a … technologically mature, environmentally destructive and non-renewable forms of energy such as large hydropower. URL …
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The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in developing countries, but little is known about their impact. This paper studies the productivity and distributional effects of large dams in India. To account for endogenous...
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With 11 large hydropower dams proposed to block the Lower Mekong River’s mainstream, the future of the river lies at …
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hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the …
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The WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) for Water and Sanitation, which tracks progress towards the water and …
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This report attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of water resource development and management in … water scarcity and disenfranchisement of resource bases for the poor and the marginalised. [UNICEF, FAO, SaciWATERs]. URL:[http://www.unicef.org/india/Final_Report.pdf]. …
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understand critical processes as well (increasing or decreasing ground water resources, long-term impacts of hazardous … economic, social and environmental conditions of the city. On the input side, water, energy, food and construction material use … are taken into account, and on the output side, waste water, air pollution and municipal solid waste are examined. The …
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A desert journey, from a pool where both humans and camels drank, to a bavadi then to a water tap in Khaba village has … some valuable lessons about the ground realities of the social forces around water. …
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drinking water to the citizens and also protect water resources as common goods. [WP no. 56]. …
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The paper reviews the trends over three decades in the consumption of cereals, calories and micronutrients and nutritional status based on anthropometric measures using the data sets of NSS, NNMB and NFHS. It provides an explanation for the slow growth of nutrient intake and slow reduction in...
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