Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies
Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies

Author: Giulio Lorenzini

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1845640438

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Fresh water is becoming an ever increasingly precious commodity, control of which could lead in the near future to the type of political instability now associated with energy shortages. This book addresses the different aspects of irrigation, including not only the management of water resources and scientific and technical aspects, but also matters related to policy and economics, researchers in academia and industry as well as professional practitioners and policy makers. Bringing together papers from the First International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies, the book covers topics such as: Irrigation Controls; Irrigation Modelling; Irrigation Systems and Planning; Irrigation Management.

Regional Water System Management
Regional Water System Management

Author: Enrique Cabrera

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1439833834

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The spectacular industrial and economic development of the twentieth century was achieved at a considerable environmental cost. The increasingly precarious position of water, the most valuable of natural resources, reflects this trend. Today we have come to realise that concepts of sustainable development need to

San Luis Proposed Resource Management Plan
San Luis Proposed Resource Management Plan

Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management. San Luis Resource Area

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13:

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The San Luis Proposed Resource Management Plan identifies the future management of BLM-administered lands and subsurface minerals within the San Luis Resource Area in south-central Colorado. The proposed plan is a modified version of the Preferred Alternative presented in the Draft San Luis Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS), published in September 1989. The proposed plan addresses the following affected resources or resource uses: fluids minerals management; locatable minerals management; mineral materials management; paleontological resources; riparian resources management; livestock grazing management; wildlife and fish habitat management; forest and woodland management; lands ownership adjustment management; lands withdrawal management; lands access acquisition; lands rights-of-way management; areas of critical environmental concern; recreation management; wild and scenic rivers; visual resource management; historical resources and archaeological resources; special status plant and animal values; and, waterpower/storage.