Development Pressure Index of Nepal and Bihar part of Koshi Basin

Development Pressure Index (DPI): refers to the vulnerability due to the economic development activities in the basin. Parameters such as GDP growth, population growth, expansion of irrigated land, etc are accounted in this index.

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Date ( Publication )
2013-12-31
Author
  ICIMOD - Nilhari Neupane ( Socio-economist )
Purpose
Using this indicator, one can easily identify which part of Koshi basin is relatively vulnerable in particularly the development pressure index. This will be helpful to design intervention to reduce development pressure induced vulnerability of the particular part of the basin.
Status
Completed
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Development Pressure Index (DPI)
  • Population growth
  • GDP per capita
Keywords ( Place )
  • Nepal
  • India
  • Koshi Basin
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Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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  ICIMOD -
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Metadata language
eng
Character set
UTF8
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Date stamp
2020-09-08T14:42:04
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003
Author
  ICIMOD - Nilhari Neupane ( Socio-economist )
Nepal
 
 

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Development Pressure Index (DPI) GDP per capita Population growth

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