Stephen Merrett

Water for Agriculture (eBook, PDF)

Irrigation Economics in International Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

World population is predicted to increase by a third by the year 2025. Approximately seventy percent of global abstracted water is used in farming and therefore the economics of irrigation are becoming increasingly important in sustainable development. " Water for" "Agriculture" is essential reading for those professionals involved in the planning of water resources and for advanced students studying this topic of agriculture development studies, economics, engineering, environmental science, hyrdology and planning courses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482267778
• Artikelnr.: 54783901

Autorenporträt

Stephen Merrett

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Units of measurement. Chapter One: The
Global Challenge. Chapter Two: The Demand for Irrigation Services. Chapter
Three: Irrigation Service Supply: the Infrastructure. Chapter Four:
Irrigation Service Supply: Operation, Maintenance and Management. Chapter
Five: Drainage Services Demand and Supply. Chapter Six: Social Cost-Benefit
Analysis for Irrigation Projects. Chapter Seven: Water Allocation at the
Regional Scale. Chapter Eight: The Political Economy of Irrigation.
Glossary. References. Index.