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The management of water quality and irrigation technologies
- Title
- The management of water quality and irrigation technologies / edited by Jose Albiac and Ariel Dinar.
- Publication
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TD365 .A75 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- This resource addresses the crucial issues of improving water quality and the efficiency of irrigation, presents alternative policies and shows how these can be implemented in different countries, and includes a range of case study material from various countries including Australia, China, Israel, Jordan, Spain and the USA.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Problems in assessing non-point source pollution in China: links to policy and regulation / Edwin Ongley and Yu Tao -- Integration of modelling, research and monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay program / Lewis Linker [and others] -- Sustainable water management and non-point source pollution control in Spain and the European Union / Jose Albiac, Mithat Mema and Elena Calvo -- Non-point pollution regulation approaches in the US / Marc O. Ribaudo -- Non-point pollution control: experience and observations from Australia / Michael D. Young -- China's water issues: transition, governance and innovation / Yi Wang -- Irrigation technology and water conservation in Jordan / Munther J. Haddadin -- Three essential elements of on-farm irrigation efficiency and conservation / Baryohay Davidoff -- Pricing savings, valuing losses and measuring costs: do we really know how to talk about improved water management? / Chris Perry -- Institutional factors and technology adoption in irrigated farming in Spain: impacts on water consumption / Llorenc Avella and Marta Garcia-Molla -- The effects of water markets, water institutions and prices on the adoption of irrigation technology / Michael D. Young.
- ISBN
- 1844076709
- 9781844076703
- 1849773122
- 9781849773126
- LCCN
- 2008034728
- OCLC
- ocn243602027
- 243602027
- SCSB-9220368
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library