Saving India's rivers: Ecology, civil society, religion, and legal personhood

In recent decades, India's environment has been severely compromised by riverine pollution combined with large-scale dams and exacerbated by diversion for irrigation. Most prominent among the rivers so affected has been the Ganges and its tributaries in northern India, which for Hindus include...

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Main Author: Harry Blair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:World Development Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X23000265