insights and challenges Wheatley, Keith editor. text xxu USA Callisto Reference c2015 monographic eng

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vii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents: Equity, profitability and irrigation water pricing. -- Irrigation water: alternative pricing schemes under uncertain climatic conditions. -- Irrigation development: a food security and household income perspective. -- Equity in access to irrigation water: a comparative analysis of tube- well irrigation system and conjunctive irrigation system. -- Effects of irrigation- water pricing on the profitability of Mediterranean woody crops. -- Water rights allocation, management and trading in an irrigation district- a case study of Northwestern China. -- irrigation institutions of Bangladesh: some lessons. -- Modelling, monitoring and assessment techniques. -- Modelling current and future Pan- European irrigation water demands and their impact on water resources. -- Basics and application of ground- penetrating radar as a tool for monitoring irrigation process. -- Using wireless sensor networks for precision irrigation scheduling. -- A low cost remote monitoring method for determining farmer irrigation practices and water use. -- Critical evaluation of different techniques for determining soil water content. -- Comparison of different irrigation methods based on the parametric evaluation approach in West North Ahwaz plain. edited by Keith Wheatley. Includes references and list of contributors. Irrigation Water resources development Water supply c2015. 9781632390592 160624