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The Yamuna River Basin

Water Resources and Environment

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Raveendra Kumar Rai

    1. III rd Floor, NSIC-STP Complex, Okhla Industrial Area, DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India

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  2. Alka Upadhyay

    1. III rd Floor, NSIC-STP Complex, Okhla Industrial Area, DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India

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  3. C. Shekhar P. Ojha

    1. , Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

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  4. Vijay P. Singh

    1. Dept. Biol. & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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  • Various river basin studies are going on these days, such as development of Ganga River basin management plan, Yamuna River basin management plan, Bhagirathi River basin plan, etc. in India and various others in South Asia
  • Relevant to the professionals working in the field of water resources and environment
  • Relevant to many graduate courses in hydrology, water resources engineering, water resources management
  • Addresses environmental flow estimation techniques and water resources conservation and management through cropping pattern changes
  • Addresses climate change detection techniques
  • Addresses analyses of climatic variables, such as rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind, potential evapotranspiration, etc.
  • Addresses water balancing for basins and simple flood estimation techniques, etc.

Part of the book series: Water Science and Technology Library (WSTL, volume 66)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. River Basins of India and Water Resources

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 1-11

  3. Salient Features of the Yamuna River Basin

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 13-25

  4. Climate of the Basin

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 27-59

  5. Pattern Changes in Climatic Variables

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 61-106

  6. Geomorphology and Geology

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 107-134

  7. Soil, Landuse and Agriculture

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 135-171

  8. Socio-economic Status

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 173-210

  9. Water Resources and Water Budgeting

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 211-243

  10. Water Pollution

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 245-275

  11. Wastewater Generation and Treatment

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 277-306

  12. Water Quality Index and Status

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 307-356

  13. Environmental Flows

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 357-406

  14. Cropping Plan for Water Resources Management

    • Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay, C. Shekhar P. Ojha, Vijay P. Singh
    Pages 407-444

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 445-476
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About this book

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 book covers the essential components of integrated water resources management, including analysis of climatic variables, climate change detection, analysis of natural resources, geology, geomorphology, socio-economics, water budgeting, flood estimation, river pollution, etc. Furthermore, the book addresses recent issues pertaining to water quality, water quality indices, environmental flows, water resources management through cropping pattern change, etc. along  with methodologies and application to the Yamuna River system. However, the main objective of this book is to address important issues of water resources management of river basins.

Audience: The manuscript has been designed so that it can be used as a reference for river basin studies. The book will be useful to engineers, agricultural scientists, environmentalists, planners, managers, and administrators who are concerned with water resources.

Authors and Affiliations

  • III rd Floor, NSIC-STP Complex, Okhla Industrial Area, DHI (India) Water & Environment Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India

    Raveendra Kumar Rai, Alka Upadhyay

  • , Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

    C. Shekhar P. Ojha

  • Dept. Biol. & Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    Vijay P. Singh

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