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Agricultural Use of Groundwater
Cesare . Ed(S): Dosi
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Description for Agricultural Use of Groundwater
Hardback. Developed from three workshops held as part of the EU Concerted Action SAGA: Sustainable Agricultural Use of Aquifers in Southern Europe: Integration between Agricultural and Water Management Policies'. This book brings together researchers working in different fields to provide knowledge about interlinkages between agriculture and groundwater. Editor(s): Dosi, Cesare. Series: Economics, Energy and Environment. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBK; RNF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Groundwater is endangered and polluted in several ways. Conservation and better management of this invisible resource should be a key ingredient of sustainable water policies. This is especially true in areas, such as many Mediterranean regions, which are already exposed to scarcity problems and which are likely to experience increasing competition between freshwater uses and users. Agriculture is an important user of groundwater not only in terms of abstractions, but also in terms of generation and release of pollutants. Agricultural policies, traditionally directed towards other objectives, are beginning to pay more ... Read more
Groundwater is endangered and polluted in several ways. Conservation and better management of this invisible resource should be a key ingredient of sustainable water policies. This is especially true in areas, such as many Mediterranean regions, which are already exposed to scarcity problems and which are likely to experience increasing competition between freshwater uses and users. Agriculture is an important user of groundwater not only in terms of abstractions, but also in terms of generation and release of pollutants. Agricultural policies, traditionally directed towards other objectives, are beginning to pay more ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Economics, Energy and Environment
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792368052
SKU
V9780792368052
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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