Geography 2152F/G Lecture Notes - Indus Waters Treaty, Centrality, Deal With The Devil
11 Apr 2014
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How does irrigation and water for agriculture in asia work. History of technological interventions on major rivers in the colonial period and subsequent interventions to help with the green revolution. Flood policy and international water politics in pakistan and south asia. Source of information article faustian bargain by mustafa on the list of readings and. Adaptation to climate change in developing countries. Affected 2 million people, killed about 2,000. The geographical context: pakistan and the centrality of the indus river. A vast country with various agro climatic regions aka farming. Indus river flows through the great of the country and supports a large of rural livelihoods and urban industrial centers. The industrial itself has its origins in chinese controlled tibet and flows through the indian held parts of kashmir and then into pakistan. Subject to a dispute in the 1950s between indian and pakistan, which was resolve by the world bank mediated indus waters treaty of 1960.
