Water Availability, Poverty and Socio-Economic Crisis in the Floodplains of Barak Valley, Assam, North East India
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28 octobre 2013
- doi: 10.4000/books.irdeditions.4824
- isbn: 9782709916738
- eisbn: 9782709917667
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Abhik Gupta, « Water Availability, Poverty and Socio-Economic Crisis in the Floodplains of Barak Valley, Assam, North East India », IRD Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.4824
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Introduction Floodplains of tropical rivers are of immense ecological and economic importance. The river-floodplain interaction is mainly governed by the seasonal pulsing of floodwater from the river onto the floodplain and its subsequent recession back into the river (Welcomme, 1979; Junk et al., 1989; Dudgeon et al., 1994). The seasonal entry into and recession of river water from the floodplain comprises the key mechanism that makes it a very important landscape in any area. Many species o...