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Water and mountains: International Year of Fresh Water

Corporate author
ICIMOD
Date
2003
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-069894)
Publisher | Place of publication
ICIMOD Publications | Kathmandu, Nepal
Pages
29 p.
Document type
Serial/multi-volume work
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Water
Keyword
Freshwater resources management Mountain area
Geographical area
Asia
Abstract

Contents: - 2003: The International Year of Freshwater - Mountains: Sources of the world's freshwater - Water resources in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: The issues - Water and people: The constraints and some solutions from the HKH - Glaciers and glacial lakes in the HKH: a resource and a threat - Climate change and its impacts on water resources and people's livelihoods - Too little water: A case study on drought in Pakistan