Sustainable irrigation and drainage IV
Subtitle: management, technologies and policies
By: editors, H. Bjornlund, University of South Australia, Australia & University of Lethbridge, Canada, C.A. Brebbia, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, S. Wheeler, University of South Australia, Australia
Contributors: Bjornlund, H. (Henning), editor of compilation; Brebbia, C. A., editor of compilation; Wheeler, S., editor of compilation; Wessex Institute of Technology; University of South Australia
Series: WIT transactions on ecology and the environment -- volume 168; WIT transactions on ecology and the environment -- v. 168.
Publisher: WIT Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Southampton, UK; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9781845646486; 9781845646493
Subjects: Irrigation; Congresses; Management; Drainage; Water-supply; Government policy; Sustainable development; Economic aspects
Other titles: Sustainable irrigation and drainage 4; Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation and Drainage Management, Technologies and Policies
Description: With fresh water becoming an increasingly precious commodity, and the prospect of becoming a source of the same type of political instability that is now associated with energy shortages, sustainable use of water resources is becoming more and more important. One of those uses is for irrigation. Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies IV addresses various aspects of irrigation. It includes not only the scientific and technical aspects of the management of water resources, but also matters the economics and policy aspects. Containing papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on the subject, the book covers the topics such as; Irrigation management; Irrigation modelling; Irrigation systems and planning; Economic incentives and instruments; Groundwater resources and contamination; Climate change effects; Water trade; Economics of irrigation; Governance for sustainable irrigation; International issues; Drainage; Water quality and remediation; Water Re-use. -- back cover.
Notes: "Wessex Institute of Technology's Sustainable Irrigation 2012 Conference held at University of South Australia in Adelaide"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: section 1.; title: The state of the art -- -- section 2.; title: Irrigation modelling -- -- section 3.; title: Irrigation systems and planning -- -- section 4.; title: Sustainable irrigation and water re-use -- -- section 5.; title: Irrigation management -- -- section 6.; title: Governance for sustainable irrigation -- -- section 7.; title: Wate trade issues.