[PDF][PDF] IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: Chapter 24 Asia

Y Hijioka, E Lin, JJ Pereira… - … : Part B: Regional …, 2014 - nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp
Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of
the Asian region over the past century (high confidence).{24.3} Increasing numbers of warm …

The projected impact of climate change on water availability and development in the Koshi Basin, Nepal

L Bharati, P Gurung, P Jayakody, V Smakhtin… - Mountain Research and …, 2014 - BioOne
Water has been identified as a key resource for Nepal's economic growth. Although the
country has 225 billion cubic meters of water available annually, less than 7% has been …

Assessing the impact of the Farakka Barrage on hydrological alteration in the Padma River with future insight

ARMT Islam, S Talukdar, S Akhter, KU Eibek… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change and human interventions (eg, massive barrages, dams, sand mining, and
sluice gates) in the Ganga–Padma River (India and Bangladesh) have escalated in recent …

Climate change impacts on the hydrology of the Brahmaputra River Basin

W Palash, SR Bajracharya, AB Shrestha, S Wahid… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change (CC) is impacting the hydrology in the basins of the Himalayan region.
Thus, this could have significant implications for people who rely on basin water for their …

Dynamic modeling of the Ganga river system: impacts of future climate and socio-economic change on flows and nitrogen fluxes in India and Bangladesh

PG Whitehead, S Sarkar, L Jin, MN Futter… - … Science: Processes & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This study investigates the potential impacts of future climate and socio-economic change
on the flow and nitrogen fluxes of the Ganga river system. This is the first basin scale water …

A decision‐led evaluation approach for flood forecasting system developments: An application to the Global Flood Awareness System in Bangladesh

S Hossain, HL Cloke, A Ficchì, H Gupta… - Journal of Flood Risk …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Scientific and technical changes to flood forecasting models are implemented to improve
forecasts. However, responses to such changes are complex, particularly in global models …

Impact of climate change on the hydrological dynamics of River Ganga, India

CK Jain, S Singh - Journal of Water and Climate change, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Rivers provide innumerable ecosystem services to mankind. However, anthropogenic
activities have inflicted a host of pressures to the riverine ecosystems. Climate change is …

Flows and sediment dynamics in the Ganga River under present and future climate scenarios

S Khan, R Sinha, P Whitehead, S Sarkar… - Hydrological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Identification of factors controlling sediment dynamics under natural flow regimes can
establish a baseline for quantifying effects of present day hydrological alteration and future …

Dynamics of urban water supply management of two Himalayan towns in India

N Bharti, N Khandekar, P Sengupta, S Bhadwal… - Water Policy, 2020 - iwaponline.com
Many towns in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) are experiencing permanent water crises
due to increasing population pressure, urbanization, and poor management of existing …

Including cultural water requirements in environmental flow assessment: an example from the upper Ganga River, India

C Lokgariwar, R Chopra, V Smakhtin, L Bharati… - Water …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The rituals of riparian communities are frequently linked to the flow regimes of their river.
These dependencies need to be identified, quantified and communicated to policy makers …