India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus

India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population of 39 million (2001 census). This report...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Environmental Study
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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spelling okr-10986-77602021-04-23T14:02:37Z India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus World Bank ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AIR ANNUAL RUNOFF BASINS BIODIVERSITY CATCHMENT CLASSIFICATION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY FOREST CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION COVERING CROPS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS EROSION EROSION CONTROL FISH FISH HABITAT FISHERIES FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD MANAGEMENT FLOOD MITIGATION FLOOD PROTECTION FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST FOREST RESOURCES FORESTRY FORESTS FRUITS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GLACIERS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HABITAT FRAGMENTATION HABITATS HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL HYDROPOWER PROJECT INLAND WATERWAYS IRRIGATION LAND USE LEAKAGE MEANS OF TRANSPORT MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PETROLEUM PLAINS POLLUTION RAIL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESERVOIR RIGHT OF WAY RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS ROAD ROADS ROUTES RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES SPECIES SPECIES COMPOSITION STUDIES SURFACE WATER TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT FACILITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRUE WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER TRANSPORT WATER USERS WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WATERSHEDS WEALTH WETLANDS India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population of 39 million (2001 census). This report has come about at the request of the Indian Government for the World Bank to focus more of its attention on the Northeastern Region in order to support poverty reduction and development in the region. Accordingly, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDONER) and the Bank devised a study that would provide a broad, regionwide view. This report synthesizes the study, which focuses on water and forests, two key interconnected resources of the region, and the institutional framework that deals with their management. This paper includes the following headings: introduction; objective, process, audience, and scope of this study; the Northeast Region -- water and forest resources; institutional environment; key findings of the study; challenges for the Northeast Region; recommendations for priority activities, and conclusions. 2012-06-11T21:59:34Z 2012-06-11T21:59:34Z 2007-05-28 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7931532/india-development-growth-northeast-india-natural-resources-water-environment-nexus http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7760 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia India
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topic ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENTS
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
AIR
ANNUAL RUNOFF
BASINS
BIODIVERSITY
CATCHMENT
CLASSIFICATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY FOREST
CONSERVATION
CONSTRUCTION
COVERING
CROPS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
EROSION
EROSION CONTROL
FISH
FISH HABITAT
FISHERIES
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOOD MITIGATION
FLOOD PROTECTION
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOREST
FOREST RESOURCES
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRUITS
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GLACIERS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
HABITATS
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL
HYDROPOWER PROJECT
INLAND WATERWAYS
IRRIGATION
LAND USE
LEAKAGE
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MODES OF TRANSPORT
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PETROLEUM
PLAINS
POLLUTION
RAIL
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
RESERVOIR
RIGHT OF WAY
RIVER
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVERS
ROAD
ROADS
ROUTES
RUNOFF
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SPECIES
SPECIES COMPOSITION
STUDIES
SURFACE WATER
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION
TRUE
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TRANSPORT
WATER USERS
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHEDS
WEALTH
WETLANDS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENTS
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
AIR
ANNUAL RUNOFF
BASINS
BIODIVERSITY
CATCHMENT
CLASSIFICATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY FOREST
CONSERVATION
CONSTRUCTION
COVERING
CROPS
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
EROSION
EROSION CONTROL
FISH
FISH HABITAT
FISHERIES
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOOD MITIGATION
FLOOD PROTECTION
FLOODING
FLOODS
FOOD PRODUCTION
FOREST
FOREST RESOURCES
FORESTRY
FORESTS
FRUITS
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GLACIERS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER RECHARGE
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
HABITATS
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT
HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL
HYDROPOWER PROJECT
INLAND WATERWAYS
IRRIGATION
LAND USE
LEAKAGE
MEANS OF TRANSPORT
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MODES OF TRANSPORT
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCES
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PETROLEUM
PLAINS
POLLUTION
RAIL
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
RESERVOIR
RIGHT OF WAY
RIVER
RIVER BASIN
RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
RIVER BASINS
RIVERS
ROAD
ROADS
ROUTES
RUNOFF
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SPECIES
SPECIES COMPOSITION
STUDIES
SURFACE WATER
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION
TRUE
WATER RESOURCE
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TRANSPORT
WATER USERS
WATERSHED
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WATERSHEDS
WEALTH
WETLANDS
World Bank
India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
geographic_facet South Asia
India
description India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population of 39 million (2001 census). This report has come about at the request of the Indian Government for the World Bank to focus more of its attention on the Northeastern Region in order to support poverty reduction and development in the region. Accordingly, the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MoDONER) and the Bank devised a study that would provide a broad, regionwide view. This report synthesizes the study, which focuses on water and forests, two key interconnected resources of the region, and the institutional framework that deals with their management. This paper includes the following headings: introduction; objective, process, audience, and scope of this study; the Northeast Region -- water and forest resources; institutional environment; key findings of the study; challenges for the Northeast Region; recommendations for priority activities, and conclusions.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
title_short India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
title_full India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
title_fullStr India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
title_full_unstemmed India - Development and Growth in Northeast India : The Natural Resources, Water, and Environment Nexus
title_sort india - development and growth in northeast india : the natural resources, water, and environment nexus
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7931532/india-development-growth-northeast-india-natural-resources-water-environment-nexus
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7760
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