Can Canals Effectively Replace Groundwater Irrigation in Over-exploited Regions in India?

Meha Jain1, Ram Fishman2, Pinki Mondal3, Gillian L Galford4, Nishan Bhattarai1, Shahid Naeem5 and Ruth S DeFries5, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, (3)University of Delaware, Newark, United States, (4)University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States, (5)Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, New York, NY, United States