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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4745-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4745-2018
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11 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 11 Sep 2018

Population growth, land use and land cover transformations, and water quality nexus in the Upper Ganga River basin

Anoop Kumar Shukla, Chandra Shekhar Prasad Ojha, Ana Mijic, Wouter Buytaert, Shray Pathak, Rahul Dev Garg, and Satyavati Shukla

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Geospatial technologies and OIP are promising tools to study the effect of demographic changes and LULC transformations on the spatiotemporal variations in the water quality (WQ) across a large river basin. Therefore, this study could help to assess and solve local and regional WQ-related problems over a river basin. It may help the policy makers and planners to understand the status of water pollution so that suitable strategies could be planned for sustainable development in a river basin.
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