| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Water Demand Management in the Mediterranean -- Chapter 2 Trickle Irrigation Experiments in Turkey -- Chapter 3 Drip Irrigation in Northern Cyprus -- Chapter 4 Poor45;Management Impacts on G252;zelyurt Aquifer -- Chapter 5 Integrated Agricultural and Water Management in the Jordan Valley -- Chapter 6 Irrigation Planning in Lebanon58; Challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 7 Improvement of Irrigation Unions in the GAP Region -- Chapter 8 Design and Management of Irrigation Systems58; The Southeastern Anatolia Development Project -- Chapter 9 Effluent Reuse for Agricultural Production -- Appendix 1 Contributors -- Appendix 2 Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Last Page |
| Summary |
A water crisis is threatening several regions of the world. In the Middle East and North Africa, the crisis is serious and getting worse. Contributing factors include mismanagement of water resources, population trends and explosive urban growth, structural imbalance between demand and available resources, and a dearth of water-related information. This book presents an analysis of irrigation technologies used in the Eastern Mediterranean region, both past and present. It discusses the reuse of wastewater and other conservation technologies through case studies from Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, No |
| Analysis |
Water supply -- Middle East -- Management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Abstract also in French |
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| Subject |
Irrigation engineering -- Middle East
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Water-supply, Agricultural -- Middle East -- Management
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Water-supply, Agricultural -- Middle East
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics.
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Water-supply, Agricultural
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Irrigation engineering
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Water-supply, Agricultural -- Management
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mehmet, Ozay, 1938-
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Biçak, Hasan Ali.
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International Development Research Centre (Canada), issuing body.
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| LC no. |
2002491574 |
| ISBN |
0889369534 |
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9780889369535 |
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1552503046 |
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9781552503041 |
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1280850116 |
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9781280850110 |
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