Implication of environmental flows in river basin management |
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| Authors: | A Das Gupta |
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| Institution: | Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klongluang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | Consideration of environmental flows in river basin management poses great challenges. Environmental flows are interpreted as the natural or regulated releases of water needed in a river to maintain specified valued features of the river ecosystems. This has never been considered explicitly in water resources management of a river basin. An attempt is, therefore, made here to reflect the perception and implications of environmental flows in water resources management. Assessment approaches are reviewed in the context of flow characteristics of a river system and recommendations are put forward on what is to be done to adopt this new concept in practice. |
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| Keywords: | River basin management River functions Flow regime Environmental flow Assessment approaches Overview |
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