This paper applies the principles of water-use accounts, developed in the first of the series, to the Ganges river basin in South Asia. The Ganges basin covers six countries, the river rises in the western Himalayas in the Uttarakhand state of India, A unique feature is the strong seasonal variation in both precipitation and potential evaporation.
This paper discusses the results from on-farm community watersheds through groundwater management as the drivers for sustainable management of watersheds in dry land areas. The issues of sustainable development and management of the groundwater resource through integrated watershed management (IWM) approach are also dealt with, in the context of food production and security.
This report summarizes the potential role of nuclear power in mitigating global climate change and its contribution to other development and environment challenges, as well as its current status, including the issues of cost, safety, waste management and nonproliferation.
The Industrial Policy of Delhi 2010-2021 that has come out after 1982 aims to promote non-polluting and clean industries with focus on hi-tech, knowledge-based and IT-based Industries. It also envisages operation and maintenance of existing industrial areas and development of new industrial areas on private partnership basis.
The objective of this study is to establish regulatory options for the EU to ensure that climate policies in road transport result in a push for electricity from renewable sources rather than coal and nuclear or unsustainable biofuels.
This booklet focuses on IFC's work in climate change, highlighting leading projects from all regions and explaining their role in filling the financing gap.
Urbanization and climate change will define much of the 21st century. Urbanization leads to improvement in standards of living, and through the increased density and service delivery efficiency of cities, higher growth can be achieved with lower greenhouse gas emissions. Cities and urban agglomerations
