Hydropower Development in the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra Basin: A Prime Prospect for China-India Cooperation

This review article provides an overview of India and China's hydropower development plans for the Brahmaputra watershed, specifically on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Siang River straddling the border region of the two countries. It is predominately a qualitative literature review, providing a high-level engineering discussion of the alternatives of hydroelectric development on the Great Bend of the Yarlun...