Groundwater Management for Sustainable Agriculture in the North China Plain

by: Yanjun Shen (Editor)

Publisher: CRC Press

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2024/9/3

Language: English

Print Length: 210 pages

ISBN-10: 1032116749

ISBN-13: 9781032116747

Book Description

This book is a unique text that explores recent research on the management of sustainable groundwater use in the North China Plain (NCP), where aquifers are suffering the most severe over‑pumping in the world and have caused serious ecological degradation. It contains research conducted by the editor and his teams on several projects over the past 18 years.Key topics covered include:comprehensive scheme and pathways to achieve sustainable groundwater managementdescription of theoretical basis for water saving and technologies developed in practice at field scaleadjusting cropping pattes and planting structure to reduce the cultivation intensity to a suitable extentsoft measures such as water metering, pricing, and water marketing being applied in groundwater management practice in the NCPIt will be an invaluable resource to graduate students, education and research staff, and agriculture or water resources authorities.

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This book is a unique text that explores recent research on the management of sustainable groundwater use in the North China Plain (NCP), where aquifers are suffering the most severe over‑pumping in the world and have caused serious ecological degradation. It contains research conducted by the editor and his teams on several projects over the past 18 years.Key topics covered include:comprehensive scheme and pathways to achieve sustainable groundwater managementdescription of theoretical basis for water saving and technologies developed in practice at field scaleadjusting cropping pattes and planting structure to reduce the cultivation intensity to a suitable extentsoft measures such as water metering, pricing, and water marketing being applied in groundwater management practice in the NCPIt will be an invaluable resource to graduate students, education and research staff, and agriculture or water resources authorities.