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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784006803321

Titolo

The agricultural groundwater revolution [[electronic resource] ] : opportunities and threats to development / / [editor, Mark Giordano]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2006

ISBN

1-280-73613-5

9786610736133

1-84593-173-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series  The agricultural groundwater revolution

Altri autori (Persone)

GiordanoMark

Disciplina

333.91/3

Soggetti

Water-supply, Agricultural

Groundwater - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Series Foreword; 1. The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Setting the Stage; I: The Situation: Overview of Regional and Topical Issues; II: Current Management Paradigms; III: Case Studies and Innovative Experience; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of using it. It explores the practiced and potential methods for its management in the context of. agricultural development.