Development Trajectories of River Basins A Conceptual Framework

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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Molle, François
Date:	2003
Agency:	International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Research Report no. 72
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3822
Sector:	Water Resource & Irrigation
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Subject(s):	water resources rivers social behavior scarcity dams dykes canals conservation
Abstract:	"The development of societies is shaped to a large extent by their resources base, notably water resources. Access to and control of water depends primarily on the available technology and engineering feats, such as river-diversion structures, canals, dams and dikes. As growing human pressure on water resources brings actual water use closer to potential ceilings, supply-augmentation options get scarcer, and societies, therefore, usually respond by adopting conservation measures and by reallocating water towards more beneficial uses."

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