Irrigation and drainage performance assessment: practical guidelines
Effective irrigation and drainage systems are essential if growing demands for water resources are to be met. For the use of water for irrigation to be improved we must understand current levels of performance. This book draws together the growing body of knowledge on irrigation and drainage performance assessment that has been gained over the last twenty years. It provides guidelines for practitioners to enable them to design and carry out performance assessment and implement performance-based…
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- Full title :Irrigation and drainage performance assessment : practical guidelines / M.G. Bos, M.A. Burton, and D.J. Molden.
Summary
Effective irrigation and drainage systems are essential if growing demands for water resources are to be met. For the use of water for irrigation to be improved we must understand current levels of performance. This book draws together the growing body of knowledge on irrigation and drainage performance assessment that has been gained over the last twenty years. It provides guidelines for practitioners to enable them to design and carry out performance assessment and implement performance-based management. Developed by a working group of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CABI Pub
- Place of Publication:Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 158 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0851999670, 9780851999678
- oclc:ocm70729375
- LC Classification:TC805
- Dewey Decimal:631.5/87
Table of Contents
Abstract; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Framework for Performance Assessment; 3 Performance Indicators for Irrigation and Drainage; 4 Operational and Strategic Performance Assessment; 5 Diagnosing Irrigation Performance; 6 Data Management for Performance Assessment; Appendix 1 Key Irrigation and Drainage System Descriptors; Appendix 2 Bibliography of Irrigation and Drainage Performance Indicators; Index
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