Water and the Environment : Innovation Issues in Irrigation and Drainage

Author/Creator:

Gowing, John, author
Inter-Regional Conference "Environment-Water" Corporate Author
Inter-Regional Conference "Environment-Water" Lisbon, Portugal) 1998 : (1st

Publication/Creation:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2014

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

First edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Water and the Environment : Innovation Issues in Irrigation and Drainage / John Gowing, Luis Santos Pereira

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Additional Author/Creators:

Santos Pereira, Luis, author
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. Portuguese National Committee
Inter-Regional Conference "Environment-Water"

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Drainage--Congresses
Irrigation engineering--Congresses
Irrigation--Environmental aspects--Congresses
Water quality management--Congresses

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; APPLICATION OF THE ROOT ZONE WATER QUALITY MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENT-WATER MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; ASSESSING ATRAZINE IN IRRIGATED SOIL PROFILES; INFLUENCE OF SUB-SURFACE DRAINAGE ON HERBICIDE MANAGEMENT IN LOW-LAND AREAS; EFFECTS OF THE TRADITIONAL AND NO-TILLAGE SYSTEMS UPON RUNOFF AND HERBICIDE TRANSPORT; FIRST RESULTS ON CONTROLLED DRAINAGE TO REDUCE NITRATE LOSSES FROM AGRICULTURAL SITES; NITRATE MOVEMENT IN LEVEL BASINS: REDUCED VERSUS CONVENTIONAL SOIL TILLAGE
IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS ON WATER CONTAMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEFFECT OF IRRIGATION WITH SALINE WATER ON SOIL AND CROP IN SOUTH-WEST SPAIN; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEACHING STUDIES; REDUCING ACID POLLUTION FROM RECLAIMED ACID SULPHATE SOILS: EXPERIENCES FROM THE MEKONG DELTA, VIETNAM; CONTROL OF FURROW EROSION AND INFILTRATION ON A MEDITERRANEAN SOIL USING POLYACRYLAMIDE; ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY TO POLLUTION USING THE DRASTIC METHOD. APPLICATION TO THE ALQUEVA AREA
MANAGING THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ON GROUNDWATER QUALITYENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA IN A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SURFACE IRRIGATION DESIGN; SURFACE IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY IN CRACKING SOILS AS INFLUENCED BY WATER RESTRICTIONS; FURROW SURGE IRRIGATION AS A WATER SAVING TECHNIQUE; EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF SURFACE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS: OPTIMIZATION OF INFILTRATION AND ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; REAL TIME MANAGEMENT OF FURROW IRRIGATION WITH A CABLEGATION SYSTEM; PREDICTING RUNOFF UNDER SPRINKLER IRRIGATION USING EUROSEM; PERFORMANCE OF CENTRE PIVOT SYSTEMS IN FIELD PRACTICE
OPTIMIZATION OF WATER APPLICATION FOR SPRINKLER IRRIGATIONNEW NON-WATER-STRESSED BASELINES FOR IRRIGATION SCHEDULING WITH INFRARED THERMOMETERS; CROP WATER STRESS INDEX FOR BEANS OBTAINED FROM TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANOPY AND AIR; REAL-TIME IRRIGATION SCHEDULING MODEL FOR COTTON; USING SAP FLOW MEASUREMENTS TO QUANTIFY WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE OLIVE TREE; WATER-YIELD FUNCTION OF RICE AND ITS TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ON TECHNICAL INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE: INFORMING PERCEPTIONS; CANAL INSPECTORS' KNOW-HOW IN WATER MANAGEMENT
DEMAND MANAGEMENT BY IRRIGATION DELIVERY SCHEDULINGPERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF ON-DEMAND PRESSURIZED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; NEW APPROACHES TO DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF LOW PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EFFECTIVE MONITORING OF CANAL IRRIGATION WITH MINIMUM OR NO FLOW MEASUREMENT; CANAL WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM AUTOMATION. A CASE STUDY; WATERPROOFING MIRA, CAMPILHAS, SENHORA DO PORTO CANALS WITH DRAINED GEOMEMBRANES; MINIMUM LEVEL OF WATER DEMAND FOR A PROFITABLE OPERATION OF AN IRRIGATION SCHEME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF IRRIGATION WATER REQUIREMENTS USING GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS
RICE PRODUCTION IN FLOODPLAINS: ISSUES FOR WATER MANAGEMENT IN BANGLADESH

Summary:

Water and the Environment addresses imbalances between availability and demand, degradation of surface and ground waters, inter-sectorial, inter-regional and international competition in water management.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (531 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936877759702486

ISBN:

0-429-07935-4
0-415-51233-6
1-4822-7208-3
1-280-06308-4
9786610063086
6610063087
0-203-47796-0

OCLC Number:

475890024
936888475
1027783353

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.1201/9781482272086