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Simplified Monthly Hydrology and Irrigation Water Use Model to Explore Sustainable Water Management Options in the Murray-Darling Basin
Kirby, J.; Mainuddin, Md.; Ahmad, M.; Gao, L. - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 11, pp. 4083-4097
runoff, river flow and irrigation demand are modelled as lumped processes. This is the first single model of the whole of the … flows below the main irrigation areas. However, a middle-of-the-range climate change projection may result in a 13 …
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A Continental Scale Assessment of Australia’s Potential for Irrigation
Petheram, Cuan; McMahon, Thomas; Peel, Murray; Smith, Chris - In: Water Resources Management 24 (2010) 9, pp. 1791-1817
Debate about irrigation development of water resources in northern Australia has been hampered by a lack of … this paper we present simple calculations to estimate a representative irrigation requirement and the potential exploitable … exploitable yield and irrigation requirement were the sole factors constraining sustainable irrigation, under a full development …
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City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
Leeuwen, C. - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 15, pp. 5191-5206
sustainability into account. Megatrends (e.g. population growth, water scarcity, pollution and climate change) pose urgent water … sustainability of UWCS (Van Leeuwen et al., Wat Resour Manage 26:2177–2197, <CitationRef CitationID="CR33">2012</CitationRef>). In … Salaam). The assessments showed that cities vary considerably with regard to the sustainability of the UWCS. This is also …
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Sustainability Issues in Water Management
Harmancioglu, Nilgun; Barbaros, Filiz; Cetinkaya, Cem - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 6, pp. 1867-1891
of sustainable development and, thus, they are to be managed and developed on a sustainable basis. Sustainability is a … management practices are sustainable and to ensure sustainability in decision making for management. To this end, a number of … sustainability criteria have been defined, based on quantifiable measures, without overlooking immeasurable aspects of sustainable …
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City Blueprints: 24 Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of the Urban Water Cycle
Leeuwen, Cornelis; Frijns, Jos; Wezel, Annemarie; Ven, Frans - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 8, pp. 2177-2197
optimizing the role of civil society. Although there are approaches for assessing the sustainability of countries and cities …, there is no dedicated framework for the assessment of the sustainability of urban water management. We have therefore …
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Optimal Location of Created and Restored Wetlands in Mediterranean Agricultural Catchments
Moreno-Mateos, David; Mander, Ülo; Pedrocchi, César - In: Water Resources Management 24 (2010) 11, pp. 2485-2499
Simple tools and accessible information are needed by environmental planners to select sites for the restoration or creation of wetlands. A flexible suitability model for allocating wetlands is demonstrated in small (20–2,000 ha) agricultural catchments in the semiarid Ebro basin (NE Spain)....
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Monitoring and Assessment of Surface Water Abstractions for Pasture Irrigation from Landsat Imagery: Bega–Bemboka River, NSW, Australia
Reinfelds, Ivars - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 9, pp. 2319-2334
ecological effects and sustainability of spatially and temporally changing irrigation abstraction volumes. Copyright Her Majesty …Irrigation of pasture forms the greatest single use of irrigation water in Australia yet there has been little … regression relationships between metered monthly irrigation abstraction volumes, evaporation and rainfall. Over the metering …
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Groundwater Use for Irrigation and its Productivity: Status and Opportunities for Crop Intensification for Food Security in Bangladesh
Ahmad, Mobin-ud; Kirby, Mac; Islam, Mohammad; Hossain, Md. - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 5, pp. 1415-1429
season irrigated Boro rice production is important for national food security. Dry season irrigation mainly uses groundwater …, with the current level of groundwater use, falling groundwater levels may pose a long term threat to the sustainability of …
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Modifiers and Amplifiers of High and low Flows on the Ping River in Northern Thailand (1921–2009): The Roles of Climatic Events and Anthropogenic Activity
Lim, Han; Boochabun, Kanokporn; Ziegler, Alan - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 14, pp. 4203-4224
We analyse an 89-year streamflow record (1921–2009) from the Upper Ping River in northern Thailand to determine if anomalous flows have increased over time (Trenberth, Clim Res 47:123–138, <CitationRef CitationID="CR53">1999</CitationRef>; Trenberth, Clim Chang 42:327–339, <CitationRef CitationID="CR54">2011</CitationRef>). We also relate the temporal behavior of high and low...</citationref></citationref>
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Use of Ozone in Wastewater Treatment to Produce Water Suitable for Irrigation
Martínez, Sonia; Pérez-Parra, Jerónimo; Suay, Ricardo - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 9, pp. 2109-2124
irrigation (N, P, K, etc) and also kept the quality of the waters within the authorized limits. Thus, we achieved up to 88 … the irrigation of fresh consumption crops in accordance with the guidelines established in related legislation. Copyright …
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