ISBN: 978-969-9119-02-6

Indus Water System


Table of Content

1 The Indus Water System: Introduction
Page 1
Muhammad Shafique, M. Qasim Jan

2 Pakistan Water Issues and the Way Forward
Page 13
Muhammad Ashraf

3 Water Resources of the Indus River System: Challenges and Opportunities
Page 21
Rasool Bux Mahar, Ghulam Hussain Dars, Kamran Ansari

4 Imminent threat to water resources of the Indus Basin under changing climate
Page 32
Kaiser A. Lone, Shahid A. Bhat, Suhail A. Lone, M. Sultan Bhat, Gh. Jeelani

5 Dynamics and Changes the dominant driving factors?
Page 53

Matthias Winiger


6 Impacts of climate change on cryosphere and streamflow in the Upper Indus Basin
Page 67
Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Tariq Abdullah, Jasia Bashir

7 Evaluating Glacial Resource Sustainability for Mountain Irrigation in Pakistan
Page 91
Arshad Ashraf

8 Impacts of Spatio-Temporal Changes of Glaciers on the water resources of Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya region
Page 111
Attaullah Shah, Irfan U. Jan

9 Surface and Groundwater Scenarios of Balochistan; Present, Past, and Future
Pages 123
Syed Mobasher Aftab

10 Groundwater Monitoring and Management for Indus Basin, Using Multi-sensor Data: A GIS and Remote Sensing Approach
Page 139
Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, Khan Zaib Jadoon

11 Remote Sensing-Based Estimation of Regional-Scale Evapotranspiration in the Lower Indus Basin
Page 155
Benazeer Iqbal, Salik Javed

12 Water management in agricultural soils of the Indus River valley under an arid climate
Page 169
Shahid Azam

13 Participatory Irrigation Management Experiment in Pakistan: Successes, Failures and Way Forward
Page 175
Muhammad Asif Kamran1, Zaheer Ahmad, Raza Ullah

14 Water Sensitive City: Urban Water Management in Pakistan
Page 191
Hassam Abbasi, Imran Saqib Khalid, Farah Nadeem

15 The 2022 flooding on the Indus River was an interplay of hydrology, urbanization, and haphazard population growth
Page 215
Asim Yousafzai

16 Challenges of Lower Indus Basin - Indus Delta
Page 227
Nisar A. Memon

17 The Delta of River Indus
Page 235
Altaf Ali Siyal, Pirah Siyal

18 International Water Disputes: Winners and Losers
Page 261
Asim Yousafzai

19 The Kabul River Basin: Cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan for Shared Benefits
Page 293
Shafqat Kakakhel, M. Qasim Jan

20 Indus River System: Climate-proofing Indus Water Treaty
Page 327
Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

21 Geography of the Uppermost Indus River Basin in southwest Tibet
Page 337
M. Qasim Jan, M. Shafique

22 A Short Biography of the Indus River based on personal observations
Page 355
Sayed Amjad Hussain