Haney, MichaelPlummer, Judith2012-08-132012-08-132008-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10597Planning for hydropower development needs to evolve from a project-based engineering approach to a more 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 Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)-funded study on two river basins in India's Himalayan region outlines steps for moving toward such a holistic framework.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS ROADSACCESS TO DATAACCESS TO ELECTRICITYAPPROACHCATCHMENT AREACLIMATE CHANGECOLLECTION METHODSDAMSDECISION MAKINGELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY SUPPLYENERGY OUTPUTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTFLOOD FORECASTINGFLOOD RISKGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATION CAPACITYHYDROLOGYHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENTHYDROPOWER GENERATIONHYDROPOWER OUTPUTHYDROPOWER POTENTIALHYDROPOWER PROJECTSMETEOROLOGICAL DATAPEAK DEMANDRENEWABLE ENERGYRESERVOIRRIVERRIVER BASINRIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENTRIVER BASIN PLANNINGRIVER BASINSRIVER FLOWSRIVER PROJECTRIVER PROJECTSRIVERSRUN-OF-RIVER PROJECTSNOW MELTTRANSMISSION LINESTURBINEUPSTREAM DAMUPSTREAM STORAGEWATER FLOWSWATER QUALITYWATER STORAGEWorld Bank10.1596/10597