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Irrigation systems : design, planning and construction / Adrian Laycock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laycock, Adrian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irrigation projects--Planning.
- Irrigation projects.
- Irrigation projects--Design and construction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on almost 40 years of experience of irrigation in the developing world, the author introduces fresh ideas on the design of irrigation systems and combines important issues from the disciplines of social conflict, management, and political thinking.
- Contents:
- Evolution and a prelude to change
- Elements of irrigation
- Water management
- Canal operation & automation
- Irrigation water demands
- Canal architecture
- Canal control structures
- Low-pressure pipelines
- Canal lining
- Canal hydraulic design
- Troubleshooting : feedback from the field
- Costs and economics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-26149-5
- 9786612261497
- 1-84593-264-1
- OCLC:
- 436869804
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