Assessment of water conflict in Mae Chaem River Basin, Northern Thailand
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Author list: Ekkawatpanit C., Kazama S., Sawamoto M., Ranjan P.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
Publication year: 2009
Journal: Water International (0250-8060)
Volume number: 34
Issue number: 2
Start page: 242
End page: 263
Number of pages: 22
ISSN: 0250-8060
eISSN: 1941-1707
Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)
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Abstract
For this study, we conducted a quantitative water resources assessment of the Mae Chaem River Basin, Thailand, an area with dry season water scarcity and water use conflicts between upstream and downstream inhabitants. The block-wise TOPMODEL with the Muskingum-Cunge flow routing method (BTOPMC) was used to predict run-off in 21 sub-basins and Geographic Information System (GIS) was employed to collect information for crop water demand evaluation. Four sub-basins exhibited critical water conditions in 2000. The conversion of forestlands into agricultural lands during the past decade has engendered water scarcity in the dry season and flooding in the wet season. ฉ 2009 International Water Resources Association.
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BTOPMC, Northern Thailand, Water conflict, Water demand
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