Impacts Of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on flow and water quality of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna river system

Low flow and flood statistics

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 February 2015
Country:
Bangladesh, India
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Climate and Environment
Authors:
Whitehead, P.G., Barbour, E, Futter, M.N., Sarkar, S, Rodda, H

Abstract

The potential impacts of climate change and socio economic change on flow and water quality in rivers worldwide is a key area of interest. The GBM is one of the largest river basins in the world serving a population of over 650 million, and is of vital concern to India and Bangladesh as it provides fresh water for people, agriculture, industry, conservation and for the delta system downstream.

This paper seeks to assess future changes in flow and water quality utilising a modelling approach as a means of assessment in a very complex system.

Citation

Whitehead, P.G., Barbour, E., Futter, M.N., Sarkar, S., Rodda, H., Caesar, J., Butterfield, D., Jin, L., Sinha, R., Nicholls, R., Salehin, M., Impacts Of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on flow and water quality of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna river system: Low flow and flood statistics, Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts, vol.17, pp.1057 - 1069, 2015

Impacts Of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on flow and water quality of the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Meghna river system: Low flow and flood statistics

Published 1 February 2015
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