Kenneth D. Frederick

Water Management and Agricultural Development (eBook, ePUB)

A Case Study of the Cuyo Region of Argentina

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2011. Water is a scarce resource in the arid zones of Latin America and is sure to become more so. Population growth and rising income, coupled with rapid urbanization, assure continued steep increases in demand for water for irrigation and for industrial and municipal uses. This monograph offers an overall methodology and systematic analysis of a region's water problem.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 207
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134004294
• Artikelnr.: 40097082

Autorenporträt

Professor Kenneth D Frederick (Resources for the Future, Washington D.C., USA)

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 historical growth of agriculture and water use
Chapter 3 the role of government
Chapter 4 the past as prologue
Chapter 5 water use efficiency
Chapter 6 farm level implications of rising water costs and alternative government policies
Chapter 7 alternative growth patterns within Cuyo
Chapter 8 summary and conclusions