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Modern and traditional irrigation technologies in the eastern Mediterranean /
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 res...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0889369534 9780889369535 1552503046 9781552503041 1280850116 9781280850110 |
| Acceso: | Unrestricted online access. |