Including cultural water requirements in environmental flow assessment: an example from the upper Ganga river, India

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dc.creatorLokgariwar, C.
dc.creatorChopra, R.
dc.creatorSmakhtin, Vladimir U.
dc.creatorBharati, Luna
dc.creatorO'Keeffe, J.
dc.date2014-01-02
dc.date2016-11-01T13:39:31Z
dc.date2016-11-01T13:39:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:43:45Z
dc.descriptionThe rituals of riparian communities are frequently linked to the flow regimes of their river. These dependencies need to be identified, quantified and communicated to policy makers who manage river flows. This paper describes the first attempt to explicitly evaluate the flows required to maintain the cultural and spiritual activities in the upper Ganga River basin. Riparian dwellers and visitors were interviewed and the responses analyzed to obtain an overview of the needs and motivations for cultural flows. The approach enhances the overall concept of environmental flow assessment, especially in river basins where spiritual values ascribed to rivers are high.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/77498
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163875
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLokgariwar, C.; Chopra, R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Bharati, Luna; O’Keeffe, J. 2014. Including cultural water requirements in environmental flow assessment: an example from the upper Ganga river, India. Water International, 39(1):81-96. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.863684
dc.subjectwater requirements
dc.subjectenvironmental flows
dc.subjectassessment
dc.subjectriparian zones
dc.subjectcommunities
dc.subjectriver basins
dc.subjecthydrology
dc.subjecthydraulics
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.titleIncluding cultural water requirements in environmental flow assessment: an example from the upper Ganga river, India
dc.typeJournal Article

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