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Flood Management in India

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Flood Problem and Management in South Asia

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In this paper, flood problems in India, regional variability of the problem, present status of the ongoing management measures, their effectiveness and future needs in flood management are covered. Flood problems in India are presented by four zones of flooding, viz. (a) Brahmaputra River Basin, (b) Ganga River Basin, (c) North-West Rivers Basin, and (d) Central India and Deccan Rivers Basin. Some special problems, related to floods like dam break flow, and water logging in Tal areas, are also mentioned. Progress of various flood management measures, both structural and non-structural, are discussed. In addition, future needs to achieve efficient and successful flood management measures in India are also pointed out.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

    P. K. Mohapatra

  2. National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, 247 667

    R. D. Singh

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  1. Adaptation and Impacts Research Group (AIRG), Institute for Environmental Studies (IES), University of Toronto, Canada

    M. Monirul Qader Mirza

  2. Nepal Water Conservation Foundation (NWCF), Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ajaya Dixit

  3. IUCN — World Conservation Union, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Ainun Nishat

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Mohapatra, P.K., Singh, R.D. (2003). Flood Management in India. In: Mirza, M.M.Q., Dixit, A., Nishat, A. (eds) Flood Problem and Management in South Asia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0137-2_6

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