The Brahmaputra: Flood and Its Preventive Meaures
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The major channel characters: channel morphology of the Brahmaputra. 3. Floods during the earlier period and its management. 4. Flood problems from 1897 to 1950 and after. 5. Erosion problems. 6. Mitigation of flood: a case study of the Brahmaputra Valley. 7. Flood hazard mitigation is an international riddle: a case study of the Brahmaputra Valley. 8. Safety measures. 9. The Brahmaputra: a lifetime of Assam. 10. How safe our dams. 11. Flood, erosion and land sliding: triple effects in Assam and N.E. India. 12. Flood management in Ganga Brahmaputra-Meghna Basim. 13. Fresh water: The gravest concern for flooded Assam. 14. Problem of erosion and flood inundation: a case study of Majuli island. 15. Some major characteristics of the Brahmaputra river. 16. The cost of river linking: a case study of Govt. projects. 17. Hatimur anti erosion measure 2003: a case study of structural projects. 18. About Tibetan Brahmaputra: chapter China-India fluvial conflict. 19. Flood management in China. 20. Summary of north eastern hydro-geo-morphological condition. 21. Flood scenario. 22. Study area. 23. Flood history of Nagaon undivided district 1450-1989 AD. 24. Pattern of flood damage in Nagaon undivided district. 25. Analysis of flood causing and aggravating factors. 26. Flood management and Hazard mitigation. 27. Summary and conclusion. References. Appendices.
The book is an incisive but objective study combining academic accuracy with a practical approach. It is adorned with maps, models, diagrams, replicas, formulas and up-to-date statistical figures. It will be of interest to students, teachers and the persons engaged in the planning processes. It can be an asset to meteorolgists, hydrologists, and seismologists and also will be invaluable to research scholars, planners, scientists and civil engineers.
The present book also contains discussions on Tibetan Brahmaputra, big dams, Three Gorge Dams of China, dams on the Brahmaputra and long time conflict between two countries relating to recent water war. (jacket)
