1st Edition
Water for Agriculture Irrigation Economics in International Perspective
By Stephen Merrett
Copyright 2002
250 Pages
by
CRC Press
256 Pages
by
CRC Press
256 Pages
by
CRC Press
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World population is set to increase by a third in the next 25 years, with no corresponding increase in global rainfall. About seventy per cent of the world's abstracted water is used in farming and therefore the economics of irrigation is becoming an increasingly important issue for sustainable development. Water for Agriculture provides a thorough overview of this highly topical subject,... Read more
Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Units of measurement. Chapter One: The Global Challenge. Chapter Two: The Demand for Irrigation Services. Chapter Three: Irrigation Service Supply: the Infrastructure. Chapter Four: Irrigation Service Supply: Operation, Maintenance and Management. Chapter Five: Drainage Services Demand and Supply. Chapter Six: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis for Irrigation Projects. Chapter Seven: Water Allocation at the Regional Scale. Chapter Eight: The Political Economy of Irrigation. Glossary. References. Index.
Biography
Stephen Merrett
'... does a great job of clarifying complex topics ... Numerous international case studies illustrate practical aspects of the subject matter.' - E-Streams Vol. 6 (Agriculture-Irrigation)
