1st Edition
Groundwater Management for Sustainable Agriculture in the North China Plain
PART 1 Groundwater depletion and sustainable use issue
1 Population growth, food demand and water crisis in the North China Plain
Yanjun Shen, Hongwei Pei, and Dengpan Xiao
2 Integrated paths to sustainable groundwater management
Yanjun Shen and Dengpan Xiao
PART 2 Water-saving agriculture: One drop more crops
3 Water-saving agriculture: Principles, regulation, and framework of practices
Huixiao Wang, Xiaohong Ren, Yanjun Shen, Yongqing Qi, and Changming Liu
4 Water budgets, ET partitioning, and implications to water saving
Yucui Zhang, Yanjun Shen, and Fan Liu
5 Improving water productivity by integrating bio-, agro- and engineering measures
Xiying Zhang
PART 3 Water adaptive agriculture: Reducing pumping intensity
6 Agricultural land use change and impacts on groundwater
Yanjun Shen and Yucui Zhang
7 Adjustment of field cropping patterns: A better intensity
Yongqing Qi, Jianmei Luo, Yanjun Shen, Dengpan Xiao, and Suying Chen
8 Optimization of regional cropping structure: A better planning
Jianmei Luo, Yanjun Shen, and Yongqing Qi
PART 4 Better water management for sustainable agriculture
9 Managing groundwater quality and quantity of irrigated farmland
Leilei Min, Meiying Liu, Yongqing Qi, and Yanjun Shen
10 Utilization of brackish and other abnormal water in irrigation
Yucui Zhang, Yanjun Shen, and Yongqing Qi
11 Innovation of policy system and smart irrigation technologies for a better groundwater governance
Hongjun Li, Yongqing Qi, Tao Quan, Yanjun Shen, and Dengpan Xiao
Biography
Dr. Yanjun Shen is currently a professor at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is mainly studying agricultural hydrology, and the impacts of agricultural activities on hydrology, water resources, and ecosystems at basin and regional scales.
