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Irrigation Systems: Design, Planning and Construction
Adrian Laycock
CABI
July 2007
Hardabck 320 pages ISBN 9781845932633
£65.00
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Of all the confrontations man has engineered with nature, irrigation systems
have had the most widespread and far-reaching impact on the natural environment.
Over a quarter of a billion hectares of the planet are irrigated and entire countries depend
on irrigation for their survival and existence. Considering the importance of irrigation schemes, it
is unfortunate that until recently the technology and principles of design applied to their construction has
hardly changed in 4,000 years. Modern thinking on irrigation engineering has benefited from a cross-fertilization
of ideas from many other fields including social sciences, control theory, political economics and agriculture.
However, these influences have been largely ignored by irrigation engineers.
Of interest to those involved in planning, managing and operating irrigation
systems, this book will interest engineers, technicians, agriculturalists, economists, students and policy makers.
Contents
- Evolution and a Prelude to Change
- Elements of Irrigation
- Water Management
- Canal Operation and Automation
- Irrigation Water Demands
- Canal Architecture
- Canal Control Structures
- Low-Pressure Pipelines
- Canal Lining
- Canal Hydraulic Design
- Troubleshooting - Feedback from the Field
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