Search for dissertations about: "Meghna basin"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Meghna basin.

  2. 1. Arsenic in Alluvial Aquifers in the Meghna Basin, Southeastern Bangladesh : Hydrogeological and Geochemical Characterisation

    Author : Md. Aziz Hasan; Prosun Bhattacharya; William Burgess; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Alluvial aquifer; groundwater; arsenic mobilisation; geology; Meghna basin; Bangladesh; Water engineering; Vattenteknik;

    Abstract :  Elevated levels of arsenic (As) in Bangladesh groundwater has emerged as a massive calamity exposing a large population to the risk of As toxicity from drinking water sources and agricultural products. Holocene alluvial aquifers in the delta- and flood-plains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra- Meghna (GBM) river systems are severely affected by high levels of As in groundwater. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Economic Value of Water in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin

    Author : Nasima Tanveer Chowdhury; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; marginal value productivity MVP ; production function; irrigation water; boro rice; Bangladesh;

    Abstract : This study estimates the scarcity value of irrigation water to farmers of Bangladesh and compares it with that of India especially in the Ganges dependent districts of both these countries. We use a physical production function approach for our analysis. The value of water ranges from USD 0.002 to 0. READ MORE