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

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  • Chicu Lokgariwar
  • Ravi Chopra
  • Vladimir Smakhtin
  • Luna Bharati
  • Jay O'Keeffe

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The 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.

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  • Chicu Lokgariwar & Ravi Chopra & Vladimir Smakhtin & Luna Bharati & Jay O'Keeffe, 2014. "Including cultural water requirements in environmental flow assessment: an example from the upper Ganga River, India," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 81-96, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:39:y:2014:i:1:p:81-96
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2013.863684
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    1. R. Srinivas & Ajit Pratap Singh & Divyanshu Shankar, 2020. "Understanding the threats and challenges concerning Ganges River basin for effective policy recommendations towards sustainable development," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 22(4), pages 3655-3690, April.
    2. Fidèle Sossa & Metogbe Belfrid Djihouessi & Florent B. Tasso & Monique Ouassa Kouaro, 2024. "Integration of social and cultural dimensions in the assessment of environmental flows: case of the Ouémé delta in West Africa," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-15, December.

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