Water Issues in Bangladesh
Growing Pollution and Mismanagement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4852861 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amit Ranjan (0000-0001-7931-4819) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 328-346 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-8374 • E-ISSN: 1477-1500 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03068374.2020.1749456 |
| OpenAlex | W3028566200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
At present, Bangladesh is self-sufficient in water. However, this self-sufficiency is by no means assured. Bangladesh's supplies of water are under threat through a combination of population growth, climate change, and pollution, sometimes caused by mismanagement. This article looks at the state of surface and ground waters in Bangladesh. It discusses the growing demand for water, pollution of the water bodies, and encroachment on the riverbeds, and the way in which this has been dealt with by Bangladesh's authorities. It argues that if things remain business-as-usual, it will become difficult for Bangladesh to continue with its high growth rate over the long term
Business · Climate change · Development economics · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Natural resource economics · Population · Population growth · Water resource management · Water resources · Environmental Science · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water resources management and optimization · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Ecology · Pollution
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |