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The Monongahela: River of Dreams, River of Sweat
ISBN: 9780271018751 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Monongahela River in western Pennsylvania, one of three rivers that meet at the Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh, has a rich history associated with the westward expansion of the nation during the colonial era and with the development of America as an industrial power beginning in the nineteenth century. It is a river that has seen many phases of human use. Given its present-day spelling by George Washington, the Monongahela became the "river of dreams" for pioneers who trekked over the Allegheny Mountains, some staying to settle and start trading businesses, others moving on to... The Monongahela River in western Pennsylvania, one of three rivers that meet at the Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh, has a rich history associated wi... |
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234,09 zł |
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Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780444530875 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions. The high water requirements and the heavy pesticide load used in rice paddies worldwide have resulted in contamination of associated surface water, such as streams, ditches, rivers and lakes. The uniform risk assessment approach which has been developed for other crops is not applicable to rice paddies, because of the specific conditions applied to rice cultivation.
Pesticide Risk Assessment in Rice Paddies: Theory and Practice fills the gap in information on this subject. Written by experts, this book summarizes... Rice is cultivated throughout the world under submerged conditions. The high water requirements and the heavy pesticide load used in rice paddies worl...
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804,84 zł |
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Transferring Irrigation Management to Farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India
ISBN: 9780821345771 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'It has been my cherished desire to usher in a SMART government, which will be simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent. I am very keen that the capabilities of the people should be harnessed and enhanced. Involvement of the people and stakeholders in delivery of public services through self-help and collective action should take place in all important sectors such as irrigation, education, health and welfare, civic amenities, for a better quality of life.' - Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh While the Irrigation Department in Andhra Pradesh was preoccupied...
'It has been my cherished desire to usher in a SMART government, which will be simple, moral, accountable, responsive and transparent. I am very keen ...
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102,39 zł |
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Retaining Soil Moisture in the American Southwest
ISBN: 9780865344112 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Commonly, we think of soil as just a medium to walk above or build upon. If we had the ability to shrink ourselves to the size of a soil particle, we would be amazed at the vibrant life and ever-changing interactions taking place all around us. The activity, physical changes and diverse life forms would overwhelm the senses. Soil moisture fuels this activity. The soil and water dynamic together as one entity is both the introduction and ending of a novel on the living. Where time is a method used to record events, the soil-water dynamic is time. Together, they tell us where we've been and...
Commonly, we think of soil as just a medium to walk above or build upon. If we had the ability to shrink ourselves to the size of a soil particle, we ...
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65,14 zł |
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Alternative Irrigation: The Promise of Runoff Agriculture
ISBN: 9781853834967 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An introduction to runoff agriculture - a form of agricultural irrigation - this text describes how the use of surface and subsurface water, often overlooked and wasted, enables both small farmers and commercial agriculturists to improve yields and the security of harvest, even in harsh and remote environments. The text introduces the techniques and strategies, as well as the challenges and the potential of the crucial approach, which can contribute so much to reducing land degradation and improving conservation and sustainability.
An introduction to runoff agriculture - a form of agricultural irrigation - this text describes how the use of surface and subsurface water, often ove...
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214,58 zł |
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The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture
ISBN: 9781845931728 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of using it. It explores the practiced and potential methods for i
While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated wi...
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621,79 zł |
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Agricultural Water Management Research Trends
ISBN: 9781604561593 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agricultural water management includes many topics - farm-level and regional water management, irrigation, drainage, and salinity management of cultivated areas, and collection and storage of rainfall in relation to soil properties and vegetation. This boo
Agricultural water management includes many topics - farm-level and regional water management, irrigation, drainage, and salinity management of cultiv...
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975,50 zł |
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Conserving Land, Protecting Water
ISBN: 9781845933876 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to alleviate this problem, an advanced understanding of the state of our resources and the process of degradation is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security.
The degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to all...
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591,23 zł |
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Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security
ISBN: 9781420090093 / Angielski / Twarda / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Increases in populations have created an increasing demand for food crops while increases in demand for biofuels have created an increase in demand for fuel crops. What has not increased is the amount of croplands and their productivity. These and many other factors such as decreasing water resources in a changing climate have created a crisis like situation in global food security. Decision makers in these situations need accurate information based on science. Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security provides a comprehensive knowledge base in use of satellite... Increases in populations have created an increasing demand for food crops while increases in demand for biofuels have created an increase in demand... |
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975,56 zł |
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The Management of Water Quality and Irrigation Technologies
ISBN: 9781844076703 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This resource addresses the crucial issues of improving water quality and the efficiency of irrigation, presents alternative policies and shows how these can be implemented in different countries, and includes a range of case study material from various countries including Australia, China, Israel, Jordan, Spain and the USA.
This resource addresses the crucial issues of improving water quality and the efficiency of irrigation, presents alternative policies and shows how th...
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438,95 zł |
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Design of Piping Systems
ISBN: 9781578988235 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2009 reprint of the 1956 second edition. This title made available for the first time an adequately organized, comprehensive analytical method for evaluating the stresses, reactions and deflections in an irregular piping system in space, unlimited as to the character, location or number of concentrated loadings or restraints. Profusely illustrated and meticulously detailed.
2009 reprint of the 1956 second edition. This title made available for the first time an adequately organized, comprehensive analytical method for eva...
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75,39 zł |
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Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Communications Practices for Governance and Sustainability Improvement
ISBN: 9780821384152 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This paper considers the multi-faceted lessons of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project and how the project can serve as a model of mutually beneficial development, though demonstrating the benefits of a bilateral governmental cooperative approach in the development of an international river. These benefits include exceeding the impact of individual national approaches and strengthening political cooperation among all participants. This model is particularly relevant since approximately 40 percent of the world s population lives in transboundary river basins and more than 90 percent of the...
This paper considers the multi-faceted lessons of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project and how the project can serve as a model of mutually beneficial ...
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58,49 zł |
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Case Studies in Participatory Irrigation Management
ISBN: 9780821345405 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Water is a vital element for agricultural production and for economic development in general. However, the spatial and temporal distribution of water in Mexico restrains its use. Because of this distribution, it has been necessary to build a large infrastructure to capture, store, and allot this element among water users.' Around the world, countries that once promoted more government involvement in irrigation management are adopting new policies that do just the opposite, creating incentives for farmers to take over the management of operations and maintenance, while government agencies...
'Water is a vital element for agricultural production and for economic development in general. However, the spatial and temporal distribution of water...
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87,75 zł |
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Groundwater Regulation and Management
ISBN: 9780821344613 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The importance of groundwater to India's economy should not be undervalued. Over the last three decades, the rapid expansion in use of groundwater primarily for irrigation has contributed significantly to agricultural growth, as well as the overall economic development in India. However, the rapid development in groundwater has had its price. In many arid and hard-rock zones, increases in overdraft areas and associated water-quality problems are emerging. 'Groundwater Regulation and Management' provides an assessment of the issues from development to management and discusses the reform...
The importance of groundwater to India's economy should not be undervalued. Over the last three decades, the rapid expansion in use of groundwater pri...
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87,75 zł |
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Berg Water Project: Communications Practices for Governance and Sustainability Improvement
ISBN: 9780821384145 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The past decade has witnessed a major global shift in thinking about water, including the role that water infrastructure plays in sustainable development. This rethinking aims to balance better the social, economic, and environmental performance aspects in the development and management of large dams. Infrastructure strategies must complement strategies for water, environment, and energy security and for emerging concerns to reduce vulnerability in water resource systems to climate change on the horizon. Communication is central to multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships at all levels...
The past decade has witnessed a major global shift in thinking about water, including the role that water infrastructure plays in sustainable developm...
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82,88 zł |
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Managing Water and Agroecosystems for Food Security
ISBN: 9781780640884 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Water protection, food production and ecosystem health are worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting human wellbeing in many places, while widespread land and ecosystem degradation, driven by poor agricultural practices, is seriously limiting food production. Understanding the links between ecosystems, water, and food production is important to the health of all three, and sustainably managing these connections is becoming increasingly necessary. This book shows how sustainable ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water management and food...
Water protection, food production and ecosystem health are worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting human wellbeing in many p...
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520,89 zł |
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The Keepers of Water and Earth: Mexican Rural Social Organization and Irrigation
ISBN: 9780292753976 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agrarian reforms transformed the Mexican countryside in the late twentieth century but without, in many cases, altering fundamental power relationships. This study of the Tehuacan Valley in the state of Puebla highlights different strategies to manipulate the local implementation of federal government programs. With their very differing successes in the struggle to regain and maintain control of land and water rights, these strategies raise important questions about the meaning of the phrase "locally controlled development." Because Mexico is dependent on irrigation for 45 percent... Agrarian reforms transformed the Mexican countryside in the late twentieth century but without, in many cases, altering fundamental power relations... |
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97,50 zł |
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The Management of Water Quality and Irrigation Technologies
ISBN: 9780415849395 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This resource addresses the crucial issues of improving water quality and the efficiency of irrigation, presents alternative policies and shows how these can be implemented in different countries, and includes a range of case study material from various countries including Australia, China, Israel, Jordan, Spain and the USA.
This resource addresses the crucial issues of improving water quality and the efficiency of irrigation, presents alternative policies and shows how th...
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146,29 zł |
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Sustainable Micro Irrigation: Principles and Practices
ISBN: 9781771880169 / Angielski / Twarda / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new book, Sustainable Micro Irrigation: Principles and Practices, is the first in the new series on micro irrigation, which offers a vast amount of knowledge and techniques necessary to develop and manage a drip/trickle or micro irrigation system. Written by experienced scientists from various parts of the world, the chapters in this book offer basic principles, knowledge, and techniques of micro irrigation management, which are essential in designing, developing, and evaluating an agricultural irrigation management system. The methods and techniques have worldwide applicability to...
This new book, Sustainable Micro Irrigation: Principles and Practices, is the first in the new series on micro irrigation, which offers a vast amount ...
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707,28 zł |
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Emergency mobile irrigation system
ISBN: 9781497492127 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. EMIS" (emergency mobile irrigation system) is a concept of small scale irrigation system used in emergencies as are unexpected droughts, lack of normal irrigation system due to the failures or inabillity of placing regular irrigation system on some terrain, and inexistance of regular irrigation system."
EMIS" (emergency mobile irrigation system) is a concept of small scale irrigation system used in emergencies as are unexpected droughts, lack of norma...
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40,31 zł |
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