Understanding the Hydropower and Potential Climate Change Impact on the Himalayan River Regimes—A Study of Local Perceptions and Responses from Himachal Pradesh, India

The Himalayas have become synonymous with the hydropower developments for larger electricity demands of India’s energy sector. In the Himachal Himalayas though, there are only three large storage dams with more than 1000 megawatts (hereafter MW) capacity that have very serious environmental issues....

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Main Authors: Netrananda Sahu, Takahiro Sayama, Atul Saini, Arpita Panda, Kaoru Takara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/10/2739