Are Embankments a Good Flood--Control Strategy? A Case Study of the Kosi River
Published By: BREAD on eSS | Published Date: July, 01 , 2012This paper makes a first pass at evaluating embankments. Using two years or more of data from 504 households in 28 villages in the floodplain of the Kosi river in north Bihar, a comparison of the agricultural output, wage incomes, unemployment, and other indicators of well-being between villages subject to flooding from rivers and villages not subject to such flooding are made. [BREAD Working Paper No. 352]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/352(0).pdf].
Author(s): E Somanathan | Posted on: Jul 25, 2012 | Views(580) | Download (791)