Irrigation Water Management

Challenges and Innovations
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-12-817584-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Irrigation Water Management: Challenges and Innovations advances the scientific understanding, development and application of agricultural water management through an integrated approach. The book presents a collection of recent developments and rigorous applications of agricultural water management from advanced sources, such as satellite, mesoscale and climate models that are integrated with a conceptual modeling system. Theory, abstraction and practices presented include, but are not limited to: drought, irrigation scheduling, weather forecasting, climate change, precipitation forecasting, and others. As agricultural water management has gained considerable momentum in recent decades among the earth and environmental science communities, this book provides an ideal resource.

This book represents the first handbook to promote the synergistic and multidisciplinary activities among scientists and users working in the fields of hydro-meteorological and agricultural sciences.

Zielgruppe

<p>Undergraduate and graduate students specializing in irrigation, water management and food security. It will also be a reference book for professors and practitioners. The author intends to use it in his teaching at McGill and MIT and in his consulting work, and to promote it at international conferences and at the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madramootoo, Chandra

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. Extent of Irrigation3. Techniques of Irrigation4. Benefits of Irrigation Development5. Climate change and Water Scarcity in Agriculture6. Environmental, Health, and Social Consequences of Irrigation7. Institutional Aspects8. New Irrigation Technologies9. Conclusions References

Über Autor(innen)

Madramootoo, Chandra
Professor Chandra Madramootoo is Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Associate Vice Principal of McGill University, a member of the senior academic leadership team of McGill University, and a James McGill Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering. He serves on several univesity governance bodies including Senate, Building and Properties Committee of the Board of Governors, and the Animal Resource Advisory Council.