Groundwater Management for Sustainable Agriculture in the North - China Plai

This book is a unique text that explores recent research on the management of groundwater sustainable 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.

List of contents

1. Population growth, food demand, and water crisis in the North China Plain. 2. Integrated paths to sustainable groundwater management. 3. Water saving agriculture: Principles, regulation, and framework of practices. 4. Water budgets, ET partitioning, and implications to water saving. 5. Improving water productivity by integrating bio-, agro- and engineering measures. 6. Agricultural land use change and impacts on groundwater. 7. Adjustment of field cropping patterns: A better intensity. 8. Optimization of regional cropping structure: A better planning. 9. Managing groundwater quality and quantity of irrigated farmland. 10. Utilization of brackish and other abnormal water in irrigation. 11. Innovation of policy system and smart irrigation technologies.

About the author

Dr. Yanjun Shen is currently a professor at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is mainly studying agricultural hydrology, and the impacts of agricultural activities on hydrology, water resources, and ecosystems at basin and regional scales.

Summary

This book is a unique text that explores recent research on the management of groundwater sustainable 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.

Product details

• Authors: Yanjun (Institute of Genetics and Developmen Shen
• Assisted by: Yanjun Shen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032116747
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211674-7
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; China, NATURE / Natural Resources, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental Management, Sustainable agriculture, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere, Civil engineering, surveying and building, North China