@article{760873,
      recid = {760873},
      author = {Fakrul Islam, Md.,},
      title = {Water use and poverty reduction /},
      pages = {1 online resource (vi, 200 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book is the outcome of empirical research on the  sharing of water of the Teesta River, which flows through  India and Bangladesh. The main purpose is to show how  regional cooperation between India and Bangladesh regarding  sharing of Teesta River water can ensure optimal benefits  for people living in the area of the Teesta Basin located  in the two countries. The author takes an interdisciplinary  approach focusing on the relationship between availability  of water and the reduction of poverty in the Teesta Basin  as a whole. The book presents findings of a comparative  socioeconomic survey on the Dalia and Gazoldoba irrigable  areas, with background information on the Teesta River and  its origin, spatio-physical nature, geomorphic and  hydrological characteristics, irrigation and water delivery  system through the Gazoldoba barrage in India and the Dalia  barrage in Bangladesh. Citing the principles of  transboundary freshwater sharing, this work focuses on  different approaches to international water sharing and  introduces an optimal approach to dry season water sharing  and welfare maximization by developing a bilateral water  sharing model. The model is tested through computer  simulation, and an alternative water allocation policy is  proposed. Water Use and Poverty Reduction is highly  recommended to readers who seek an optimum solution to  transboundary and bilateral water sharing and poverty  reduction issues.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/760873},
}