1-River Basin Simulation Using RIBASIM in Sabarmati River Basin- A Case Study.

Abstract

Water is one of the most important natural resources and is a key element in the socio-economic development of a country. The demand of water is continuously increasing due to population growth and development in industrial and agriculture sector. Ever increasing demand and finite availability of resources is bound to increase the gap between demand and supply. For overcoming such a situation, it is very important to efficiently plan and manage available water resources. Water resources development has been so far project oriented with main emphasis in providing irrigation to agriculture land. Most developmental decisions today are multi-objective in nature involving economic, social and environmental dimensions. The present paper is an attempt to create awareness to river basin scale simulation program and application thereof