Problems, Perspectives and Challenges of Agricultural Water Mgmt.

00 preface......Page 1
Part 1......Page 13
01 Equity in Access to Irrigation Water:\rA Comparative Analysis of Tube-Well Irrigation\rSystem and Conjunctive Irrigation System......Page 15
02 Irrigation Water: Alternative Pricing Schemes\rUnder Uncertain Climatic Conditions......Page 31
03 Irrigation Development: A Food Security\rand Household Income Perspective......Page 55
04 Water Rights Allocation, Management\rand Trading in an Irrigation District -\rA Case Study of Northwestern China......Page 77
05 Effects of Irrigation-Water Pricing on the\rProfitability of Mediterranean Woody Crops......Page 103
06 Irrigation Institutions of Bangladesh:\rSome Lessons......Page 125
Part 2......Page 145
07 Modelling Current and Future\rPan-European Irrigation Water Demands\rand Their Impact on Water Resources......Page 147
08 Basics and Application of Ground-\rPenetrating Radar as a Tool for\rMonitoring Irrigation Process......Page 167
09 A Low Cost Remote Monitoring Method\rfor Determining Farmer Irrigation\rPractices and Water Use......Page 193
10 Critical Evaluation of Different Techniques for\rDetermining Soil Water Content......Page 211
11 Precision Irrigation:\rSensor Network Based Irrigation......Page 229
12 Using Wireless Sensor Networks for\rPrecision Irrigation Scheduling......Page 245
13 Comparison of Different Irrigation Methods\rBased on the Parametric Evaluation\rApproach in West North Ahwaz Plain......Page 271
Part 3......Page 287
14 Guideline for Groundwater Resource\rManagement Using the GIS Tools in\rArid to Semi Arid Climate Regions......Page 289
15 Soil, Water and Crop Management for\rAgricultural Profitability and Natural Resources\rProtection in Salt-Threatened Irrigated Lands......Page 305
16 Criteria for Evaluation of Agricultural Land\rSuitability for Irrigation in Osijek County Croatia......Page 323
17 Rationalisation of Established\rIrrigation Systems: Policy and Pitfalls......Page 345
Part 4......Page 363
18 Optimal Design or Rehabilitation\rof an Irrigation Project’s Pipe Network......Page 365
19 An Algebraic Approach for Controlling Cascade\rof Reaches in Irrigation Canals......Page 381
20 Spatial Variability of Field Microtopography\rand Its Influence on Irrigation Performance......Page 403
21 Performance of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes\rin the Vhembe District of South Africa......Page 425
22 Decision Strategies for Soil Water Estimations\rin Soybean Crops Subjected to No-Tillage\rand Conventional Systems, in Brazil......Page 451