Srivastava, Pradeep

The Himalayan floods - Yojana - 65(10), Oct, 2021: 28-31

Rivers originating in the Himalayas are the lifeline of one-fifth of the global population. Large floods that are becoming more frequent in this region, due to rising population and urbanization, are increasingly disastrous. This article provides a brief account of the latest tools of flood monitoring and flood mapping that can help planners in designing the strategies towards flood mitigation and disaster risk reduction. – Reproduced