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1 online resource |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Western Irrigation in Transition; Plan of the Book; Chapter 2. The Role of Irrigation; Current Irrigation Levels; Data Problems; Past Growth of Irrigated Acreage; Cropping Patterns and Trends; Impacts of Irrigation on Production and Yields of Corn, Sorghum, Wheat, and Cotton; Impacts of Irrigation on Land Use; Appendix 2-A Irrigation Data Problems; Primary Irrigation Data |
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Secondary Sources of Irrigation DataConclusions; Appendix 2-B Derivation of Irrigated and Dryland Production and Yield Data; Appendix 2-C The Components of National Crop Production Increases; Chapter 3. Water as a Constraint on Western Irrigation; Water Development for Irrigation; Water Supply Adequacy; Competition for Western Water; Augmenting Water Supplies; Chapter 4. Water Laws and Institutions; Surface Water; Groundwater Institutions; Chapter 5. The Changing Costs of Irrigation; Conveyance of Water to Farms; Alternative Irrigation Systems; Alternative Responses to Higher Water Costs |
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Profitability of Irrigated AgricultureChapter 6. Environmental Impacts of Irrigated Agriculture; Nature of the Problems; Extent of the Environmental Problems; Managing Environmental Problems; Federal Efforts to Control Irrigation Runoff and Some Policy Lessons; Chapter 7. Summary and Conclusions; Review of the Factors Affecting the Future of Irrigation; Projections of Irrigated Acreage; Qualitative Changes in Western Irrigation; Environmental Implications of Anticipated .Qualitative and Quantitative Changes in Western Irrigation; Final Conclusions and Policy Implications; Index |
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| Subject |
Irrigation farming -- West (U.S.)
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Irrigation water -- West (U.S.)
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Water-supply -- West (U.S.)
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Irrigation farming
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Irrigation water
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Water-supply
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West United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317334309 |
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1317334302 |
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9781317334316 |
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1317334310 |
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9781317334293 |
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1317334299 |
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