Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738177107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738177107
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Private irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: regional Seminar on Private Sector Participation and Irrigation Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 22-26 October 2001
Author: Hilmy SallyPublisher: IWMI
ISBN: 9290904941
Category : Agricultural development projects
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Only 4 percent of arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated, using just 2 percent of the available water resources. Furthermore, 18 percent of the area equipped for irrigation is not utilized at all and the intensity of use varies between 50 percent and 80 percent. This highlights the huge potential available for intensifying and expanding irrigated area, provided that the investments required can be successfully mobilized. However, it must be noted that if investments in irrigation are to yield satisfactory returns, investments must also be made in a series of related activities. Current global figures for the amount of private investment in irrigation confirm that good returns can indeed be achieved. Prospects for sub-Saharan Africa would be far more favorable if public development assistance, particularly foreign direct investments, did not show declining trends.
Revue suisse d'économie politique et de statistique
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ISBN:
Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Industry and Environment
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Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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World Road Congress
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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DayWater
Author: Daniel R. ThevenotPublisher: IWA Publishing
ISBN: 1843391600
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The European DayWater project has developed a prototype of an Adaptive Decision Support System (ADSS) related to urban stormwater pollution source control. The DayWater ADSS greatly facilitates decision-making for stormwater source control, which is currently impeded by the large number of stakeholders involved and by the necessary multidisciplinary knowledge. This book presents the results of this project, providing new insights into both technical and management issues. The main objectives of its technical chapters are pollution source control modelling, risk and impact assessment, and evaluation and comparison of best management practices. It also covers management aspects, such as the analysis of the decision-making processes in stormwater source control, at a European scale, and stormwater management strategies in general. The combination of scientific-technical and socio-managerial knowledge, with the strong cooperation of numerous end-users, reflects the innovative character of this book which includes actual applications of the ADSS prototype in significant case studies. DayWater: an Adaptive Decision Support System for Urban Stormwater Management contains 26 chapters collectively prepared by DayWater scientific partners and end-users associated with this European Research and Development project. It includes: A general presentation of the DayWater Adaptive Decision Support System (ADSS) structure and operation modes A detailed description of the major components of this ADSS prototype The assessment of its components in significant case studies in France, Germany and Sweden The proceedings of the International Conference on Decision Support Systems for Integrated Urban Water Management, held in Paris on 3-4 November 2005. The book presents the ADSS prototype including a combination of freely accessible on-line databases, guidance documents, “road maps” and modelling or multi-criteria analysis tools. As demonstrated in several significant case studies the challenge for stormwater managers is to make the benefits of urban stormwater management visible to society, resulting in active co-operation of a diversity of stakeholders. Only then, will sustainable management succeed. DayWater: an Adaptive Decision Support System for Urban Stormwater Management advances this cause of sustainable urban management through Urban stormwater management, and makes achievable (by means of risk and vulnerability tools which are included) the goal of integrated urban water management (IUWM).
Écoscience
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ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 692
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SCAD Bulletin
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ISBN:
Category : European Economic Community countries
Languages : fr
Pages : 180
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General Technical Report WO.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Culture | 2030 indicators
Author: UNESCOPublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231003550
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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