Report
Water Scarcity in Bangladesh: Transboundary Rivers, Conflict and Cooperation
PRIO Report
1-2013, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
2013
Abstract
Fifty-seven transboundary rivers feed into Bangladesh, carrying a peak water flow of an estimated 1.5 million cusecs (m3 per second).1 These rivers effectively create the worlds second largest riverine drainage basin, the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna (GBM) Basin. Since time immemorial, this river system has supported and maintained the agrarian societies of the basin. However, riverine environmental stress is now a challenge to these societies, with long-term consequences for food security, health and development in the region...
Details
- Title
- Water Scarcity in Bangladesh
- Authors/Creators
- Åshild Kolås (Author)Line Barkved (Author)Katherine Edelen (Author)Kristian Hoelscher (Author)Silje Holen (Author)Farzana Jahan (Author) - Murdoch University, College of Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsHari Bansh Jha (Author)Jason Miklian (Author)
- Publication Details
- PRIO Report
- Series
- 1-2013
- Publisher
- Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
- Number of pages
- 140
- Identifiers
- 9788272884856; 991005575769907891
- Copyright
- © 2013 Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
- Murdoch Affiliation
- College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report
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