| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction. Introduction : sustainability of engineered rivers in arid lands -- Part II. Challenge. Global climate change and the rivers -- Reservoirs : design, functions, challenges -- Depletion of groundwater : the surface-groundwater connection -- Endangered food security -- Declining environmental flows -- Part III. Engineering rivers : past, present, and future. The Nile River Basin -- The Euphrates-Tigris River Basin -- The Yellow River Basin -- The Murray-Darling River Basin -- The São Francisco River basin -- The Limarí River Basin -- The Colorado River Basin -- The Rio Grande / Río Bravo Basin -- The Jucar River Basin -- Part IV. Response. River basin : management and irrigation -- "Intelligent" water transfers -- Better basin management with stakeholder participants -- Part V. Conclusion. Conclusion : what we found and what we recommend |
| Summary |
"This interdisciplinary volume examines how nine arid or semi-arid river basins with thriving irrigated agriculture are doing now and how they may change between now and mid-century. The rivers studied are the Colorado, Euphrates-Tigris, Jucar, Limarí, Murray-Darling, Nile, Rio Grande, São Francisco, and Yellow. Engineered dams and distribution networks brought large benefits to farmers and cities, but now the water systems face multiple challenges, above all climate change, reservoir siltation, and decreased water flows. Unchecked, they will see reduced food production and endanger the economic livelihood of basin populations. The authors suggest how to respond to these challenges without loss of food production, drinking water, or environmental health. The analysis of the political, hydrological, and environmental conditions within each basin gives policymakers, engineers, and researchers interested in the water/sustainability nexus a better understanding of engineered rivers in arid lands"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2021) |
| Subject |
Watershed management.
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Arid regions.
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Water-supply -- Management
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Water resources development.
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Dams -- Management
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Sustainable development.
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Irrigation.
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water resources development.
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sustainable development.
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irrigation systems.
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Arid regions
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Dams -- Management
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Irrigation
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Sustainable development
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Water resources development
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Water-supply -- Management
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Watershed management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schmandt, Jurgen, editor.
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Kibaroğlu, Ayșegül, editor.
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Buono, Regina M., editor.
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Thomas, Sephra, editor.
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| LC no. |
2020046734 |
| ISBN |
9781108261142 |
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1108261140 |
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