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|REPRC title=Taking a holistic approach to planning and developing hydropower - Lessons from two river basin case studies in India
|REPRC organization=PPIAF
|REPRC year=2008
|REPRC Region South Asia=South Asia
|REPRC Country in South Asia=India
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|REPRC URL en=http://www.ppiaf.org/sites/ppiaf.org/files/publication/Gridlines-41-India%20River%20Basin%20-%20MHaney%20JPlummer.pdf
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|REPRC type general=Case Study
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|REPRC abstract=Planning for hydropower development needs to evolve from a project-based engineering approach to a pre holistic one—an approach incorporating river basin planning and integrating potential social and environmental issues across multiple projects and the entire river basin. Such a framework would help to optimize the benefits and minimize the costs. It would also bring stakeholders together to weigh opportunities and risks and form a consensus for sustainable and equitable development. A PPIAF-funded study on two river basins in India’s Himalayan region outlines steps for moving toward such a holistic framework.

More case studies are available on the [http://www.ppiaf.org/page/knowledge-center/library Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) website (Knowledge Center)].
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