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Water Use Efficiency for Irrigated Turf and Landscape.
Covers all aspects of water management in irrigated urban open space areas and how to achieve high water use efficiency.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Melbourne :
CSIRO Publishing,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 Sustainable water use and efficiency; Water efficient approach; Planning and sustainability; Sustainability
- what does it mean?; Characteristics of sustainable irrigated landscapes; Core elements of sustainable irrigated landscapes; Landscape outcome; Approach; Sports ground surface performance
- hardness; Landscape outcomes and soil moisture level; Outline of efficiency approach; Annual irrigation volume (AIV); Plans and strategies; Planning for high efficiency; Water management plans; Drought management plans.
- Environmental management plansBest management practices; Achieving efficiency; Defining efficiency; Water use efficiency (WUE); Irrigation efficiency; Water savings and efficiency; Potential efficiency gains of an irrigated turf site; Precision irrigation application; Evaluation of irrigation performance; Benchmarking; Sustainable irrigated turf and landscapes; Turf and landscape sustainability considerations; Examples of threats to sustainability; Irrigation environmental risks; Indicators for sustainability; Landscape design and potential sustainability strategies.
- Sustainability case study
- Salisbury, South AustraliaReporting sustainability progress
- benefits; Summary
- planning for sustainable irrigated open space; Overall approach; Efficiency summary; Chapter 2 The urban water scene; Introduction; Australian water use; Turf industry and water use; Climate change and urban water management; Predicted changes; Urban water management; Urban water supplies; Characteristics of future urban water supply; Impact of restrictions on urban irrigation; Climate implications for urban horticulture and landscape managers.
- Green space and benefits of urban irrigationUrban green space; Role and value of trees; Benefits of green space and irrigated turf; Case study: energy benefits of turf
- Parliament House, Canberra; Determining the economic value of urban irrigation water; Social outcomes and economic benefits; Future cities
- essential green space; Potential environmental impact of urban irrigation; Examples of environmental risks due to irrigation; Management of irrigated space in the future; Water quality and the future; The use of potable water for urban horticulture.
- Chapter 3 Water sources for irrigated turf and landscape sitesWater for irrigation; Potable and non-potable supplies; Water quality protection
- backflow; Hazard rating; System design; Potable mains supplies
- characteristics; Water supply pressure; Benefits of mains potable supplies; Alternative water supplies for irrigation; Water quality; Irrigation considerations; Water quality properties; Guide to preferred water quality parameter values for irrigation; Water testing; Recycled water supplies; Introduction; Composition of recycled water; Recycled water and risk.