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Water resources assessment and management in drylands / edited by Magaly Koch, Thomas M. Missimer.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 392 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Basel, Switzerland : MDPI, [2016]
- Summary:
- Drylands are fragile environments and, therefore, highly susceptible to environmental changes. They cover nearly 50% of the world's land surface and are increasingly being reclaimed by a growing population for food production and urbanization. This makes water resources management in drylands an extremely important issue. The unplanned water resources development may result in aquifer depletion, soil and/or water salinization, loss of water through evapotranspiration due to inadequate irrigation systems, and land degradation (e.g., soil erosion, soil crusting, and sand encroachment).
- Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Contributors
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Conflicts of Interest
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783038422488
- 3038422487
- OCLC:
- 1163842093
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3390/books978-3-03842-248-8
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