Salinity Management for Sustainable Irrigation
Title | Salinity Management for Sustainable Irrigation PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Hillel |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780821347737 |
Irrigation has long played a key role in feeding expanding populations and is expected to play a still greater role in the future. However, is it sustainable? Can it remain in existence and function continuously and indefinitely? Some pessimists doubt that it is. This volume presents a more positive approach with carefully conditional optimism. It takes the diffuse, voluminous and disparate facts and combines them in a unified exposition. It merges physico-chemical, agronomic, environmental and economic principles into practical recommendations to help ensure the long-term viability and productivity of irrigated agriculture in arid and semiarid regions.
Salinity Management for Sustainable Irrigation: Integrating Science, Environment, and Economics
Title | Salinity Management for Sustainable Irrigation: Integrating Science, Environment, and Economics PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Hillel |
Publisher | World Bank Group |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781280087004 |
Annotation Irrigation has long played a key role in feeding expanding populations and is expected to play a still greater role in the future. However, is it sustainable? Can it remain in existence and function continuously and indefinitely? Some pessimists doubt that it is. This volume presents a more positive approach with carefully conditional optimism. It takes the diffuse, voluminous and disparate facts and combines them in a unified exposition. It merges physico-chemical, agronomic, environmental and economic principles into practical recommendations to help ensure the long-term viability and productivity of irrigated agriculture in arid and semiarid regions.
Environmental Planning Manual for Salinity Management in Irrigated Agriculture
Title | Environmental Planning Manual for Salinity Management in Irrigated Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Gaylord V. Skogerboe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Irrigation farming |
ISBN |
Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies II
Title | Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies II PDF eBook |
Author | Y. Villacampa Esteve |
Publisher | WIT Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1845641167 |
This book contains most of the papers presented at the Second International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, held at the University of Alicante in 2008. The meeting follows the success of the first Conference which was organised in Bologna in 2006.
Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies
Title | Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies PDF eBook |
Author | Giulio Lorenzini |
Publisher | WIT Press |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1845640438 |
Fresh water is becoming an ever increasingly precious commodity, control of which could lead in the near future to the type of political instability now associated with energy shortages. This book addresses the different aspects of irrigation, including not only the management of water resources and scientific and technical aspects, but also matters related to policy and economics, researchers in academia and industry as well as professional practitioners and policy makers. Bringing together papers from the First International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, the book covers topics such as: Irrigation Controls; Irrigation Modelling; Irrigation Systems and Planning; Irrigation Management.
Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage V
Title | Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage V PDF eBook |
Author | C.A. Brebbia |
Publisher | WIT Press |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2014-09-16 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 1845647882 |
Irrigation, as the biggest water user in most regions of the world is facing significant challenges in balancing social, economic and environmental needs for water. These proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage: Management, Technologies and Policies provide examples of how irrigation and drainage can become more sustainable, while acknowledging that the concept of sustainability is a goal that continues to change as our knowledge of the biophysical realities alters. In that sense moving towards sustainability is an ever evolving journey. A focus is made on the implications for improving sustainability, whether this is drainage, irrigation technologies, economic modelling, governance studies for irrigation management, reuse of water or any other aspect. Topics covered include: Irrigation management; Irrigation modelling; Irrigation systems and planning; Economic incentives; Groundwater issues; Water contamination and remediation; Drainage systems; Drainage modelling; International issues; Water reuse; Climate change effects; Water trade; Economics of irrigation; Socio-economic benefits.
Sustainable Irrigation Management Update
Title | Sustainable Irrigation Management Update PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 15 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Soil salinization |
ISBN | 9781921544330 |
"A better understanding of plant requirements and the highly efficient management of water has led irrigators to apply water to accurately meet crop needs. This has meant a considerable reduction in the amount of water flushing through the root-zone. As a result, soil salinity levels have risen. Current drought conditions and low water allocations are likely to result in even less water being used to flush salts from the root-zone. The declining quality of water resources means that actively removing salt from the root-zone is even more important." -- Publisher.