
Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
A A Balkema Publishers
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
158 pages
978-90-5410-483-4 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph provides an overview of the principles required for a service orientation in the management of irrigation and drainage systems. The material covered is designed to emphasize an area largely neglected in the irrigation and drainage management literature. The dominating philosophy underlying this book is that irrigation and drainage systems must be managed as a service business responsive to the needs and changing requirements of its customers. It is postulated that this service approach to the management of irrigation and drainage systems consitutes a key element of the startegy that is needed to improve the current level of performance of many irrigation and drainage systems worldwide. Enhanced performance of irrigation is a prerequisite if we are to face the enormous challenge of producing greater quantities of food to meet the demand of a growing population. This is particularly the case in an environment with increasing competition for water from industry and urban water users, set against mounting concerns about environmental sustainability.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5410-483-4 (9789054104834)
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Hector M. Malano | Paul van Hofwegen
Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
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CRC Press
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Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
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Hector M. Malano | Paul van Hofwegen
Management of Irrigation and Drainage Systems
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Persons
Paul van Hofwegen, Hector M. Malano
Author
International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft, the Netherlands
Content
PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
THE CONTEXT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
THE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
THE IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICE CONCEPT
RELATION BETWEEN LEVEL OF SERVICE, FOW CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
PERFORMANCE OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICE
THE WAY FORWARD
REFERENCES
THE CONTEXT OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
THE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
THE IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICE CONCEPT
RELATION BETWEEN LEVEL OF SERVICE, FOW CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
PERFORMANCE OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SERVICE
THE WAY FORWARD
REFERENCES