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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA-MEGHNA BASINS
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| By: |
Asit K. Biswas (Editor), Juha Ilari Uitto (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£14.75 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9280810413 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789280810417 |
| Publisher: |
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2001 |
| Pages: |
218 |
| Description: |
The focus of this book is on the most valuable resource of the Ganges- Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins - water - and how the three countries that share the region could, through co-operation, improve the quality of the life for the people of the Basin. |
| Synopsis: |
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin contains the largest number of the world's poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily, and unless the current development trends are broken, poverty will become even more pervasive. The region is endowed with considerable natural resources that could be used to foster sustainable economic development. Water could be successfully used as the engine to promote economic development of the region, which has been hindered because the most populous part of the basin is shared by three countries: Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, who have in the past been unable to agree to an integrated development plan. In Sustainable Development of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins, leading technocrats and intellectuals discuss how, through cooperation between the countries concerned and by taking a holistic development approach, the quality of life of the people of the basin could be improved significantly within a reasonable timeframe. |
| Illustrations: |
tabs. |
| Publication: |
Japan |
| Imprint: |
United Nations University |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |