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New Era for Irrigation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""A New Era For Irrigation""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""THE CULTURE OF IRRIGATION""; ""FORCES OF CHANGE AND RESPONSES""; ""EXAMPLES OF CHANGE AND RESPONSES""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""NOTE""; ""1 The Future of Irrigation""; ""THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGE AND APPROACH""; ""DEFINING OR DIVINING THE FUTURE?""; ""THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT""; ""IRRIGATION: INDUSTRY OR CULTURE?""; ""THE FUTURE OF IRRIGATION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Cultures of Irrigation""; ""WHAT ARE CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND WHY DO THEY MATTER?""; ""CULTURAL ISSUES""
- ""Understanding the Culture of Irrigation""""The Reclamation Ethic""; ""Attitudes Toward Water""; ""Institution Building""; ""Cultural Heritage Within a Changing Cultural Context""; ""Cultural Diversity""; ""Cultural Conflict and Cooperation""; ""Knowledge Systems in Irrigation: Past, Present, and Future""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Irrigation Today""; ""IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE""; ""Irrigated Land in Farms""; ""WATER USE FOR IRRIGATION""; ""Irrigated Crops""; ""Water Withdrawals""; ""Consumptive Use""; ""Irrigation Technology""; ""ECONOMICS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE""
- ""Irrigation Water Prices and Costs""""Value of Irrigation Water and Water Marketing""; ""IRRIGATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""Instream Flows and Wetlands""; ""Salinity and Drainage""; ""Water Quality""; ""Climate Change""; ""THE TURFGRASS SECTOR""; ""THE SPECIAL CASE OF INDIAN IRRIGATION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Forces of Change and Responses""; ""PROFITABILITY: A KEY INFLUENCE""; ""State of the Agricultural Economy""; ""Availability and Cost of Water""; ""Available Technology and Management Skills""; ""Costs of Other Agricultural Inputs""; ""Environmental Concerns and Regulations""
- ""Institutions""""UNDERSTANDING THE RELATION BETWEEN FORCES OF CHANGE AND RESPONSES TO CHANGE""; ""FORCES OF CHANGE""; ""Changes Related to Water""; ""Withdrawals and Consumption""; ""Value and Cost""; ""Indian Water Rights""; ""A Changing Economy""; ""Changes Related to the Environment""; ""RESPONSES TO CHANGE""; ""The Irrigation Community""; ""Scientific and Technological Responses""; ""Genetic Engineering""; ""Conserved Water""; ""Irrigation Systems""; ""Irrigation Management""; ""Current and Future Trends""; ""Institutional Responses""; ""Federal Level""
- ""State, Tribal, and Local Levels""""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 The Irrigation Industry: Patterns of Change and Response""; ""IRRIGATION IN THE GREAT PLAINS: TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH DWINDLING GROUND WATER""; ""Characteristics of Irrigation in the Great Plains""; ""Forces of Change and Responses""; ""Conservation""; ""Transition to Dryland Farming""; ""Adjustments in Technology""; ""Regulations, Incentives, and Institutions""; ""Conclusion""; ""IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IN CALIFORNIA: UNCERTAINTY AND CONFLICT IN THE FACE OF CHANGING DEMANDS""