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Scope for Reallocation of River Waters for Agriculture in the Indus Basin Z. Habib To cite this version: Z. Habib. Scope for Reallocation of River Waters for Agriculture in the Indus Basin. Environmental Sciences. Spécialité Sciences de l‘eau, ENGREF Paris, 2004. English. tel-02583835 HAL Id: tel-02583835 https://hal.inrae.fr/tel-02583835 Submitted on 14 May 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Cemagref / d'Irstea ouverte archive : CemOA Recherches Coordonnées sur les Systèmes Irrigués RReecchheerrcchheess CCoooorrddoonnnnééeess ssuurr lleess SSyyssttèèmmeess IIrrrriigguuééss ECOLE NATIONALE DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORÊTS N° attribué par la bibliothèque /__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/ THESE présentée par Zaigham Habib pour obtenir le grade de Docteur de l'ENGREF en Spécialité: Sciences de l’eau Cemagref / Scope for Reallocation of River Waters for d'Irstea Agriculture in the Indus Basin ouverte archive à l'Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et Forêts : Centre de Paris CemOA soutenue publiquement 23 septembre 2004 devant le jury suivant Rapporteurs : Linden Vincent Irrigation and Water Engineering Laboratory, Université de Wageningen Rémi Pochat Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris Examinateurs : Jacques Rey Consultant Claude Millier ENGREF, Paris Eric Servat IRD, Laboratoire HydroSciences, Montpellier Directeur de thèse Thierry Rieu ENGREF, Montpellier Invités : Marcel Kuper CIRAD, IAV Hassan II, Rabat Pierre Strosser Consultant, ACTEON, Orbey Cemagref / d'Irstea ouverte archive : CemOA Scope for Reallocation of River Waters for Agriculture in the Indus Basin Cemagref / d'Irstea ouverte archive Zaigham Habib : CemOA Cemagref / d'Irstea ouverte archive : CemOA SSScccooopppeee fffooorrr RRReeeaaallllllooocccaaatttiiiooonnn ooofff RRRiiivvveeerrr WWWaaattteeerrrsss fffooorrr AAAgggrrriiicccuuullltttuuurrreee iiinnn ttthhheee IIInnnddduuusss BBBaaasssiiinnn Glossary .............................................................................................................................. 13 Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. 17 Abstract............................................................................................................................... 19 1. IIInnntttrrroooddduuuccctttiiiooonnn...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................222111 1.1 The Indus Basin and Water Allocation Issues........................................................... 22 1.1.1 Water resources and irrigated agriculture ............................................................... 22 1.1.2 Design Water Allocations ....................................................................................... 22 1.1.3 Surface Storage and New Apportionment Strategy ................................................ 23 1.1.4 Evolution of demands, water use and management practices................................. 24 1.1.5 Conservation of the Water Resources ..................................................................... 24 1.1.6 National Water Policy and Management Strategy .................................................. 25 1.2 Problem statement ....................................................................................................... 25 1.3 Objective ....................................................................................................................... 27 1.4 Analytical Framework................................................................................................. 28 Cemagref / 1.5 Outlines of the Research.............................................................................................. 29 1.6 Limitations of the current Research........................................................................... 31 d'Irstea 2. 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