| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 409 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Global Issues in Water Policy, 2211-0631 ; volume 5 |
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Global issues in water policy ; v. 5. 2211-0631
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| Contents |
Prologue / Andrew C. Chang and Deborah Brawer Silva -- E.W. Hilgard and the History of Irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley: Stunning Productivity, Slowly Undone by Inadequate Drainage / James D. Oster and Dennis Wichelns -- The San Joaquin Valley: Salinity and Drainage Problems and the Framework for a Response / Nigel W.T. Quinn -- Scales and Scaling as a Framework for Synthesizing Irrigated Agroecosystem Research on the Westside San Joaquin Valley / Wesley W. Wallender, Jan W. Hopmans and Mark E. Grismer -- Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements: Reactions in Soils / Christopher Amrhein and Harvey E. Doner -- Uptake, Metabolism, and Volatilization of Selenium by Terrestrial Plants / Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits, Gary S. Bañuelos and David R. Parker -- Bacterial Reduction of Selenium / Yiqiang Zhang and William T. Frankenberger Jr. -- Chemical and Biological Processes of Evaporation Ponds / Suduan Gao and Andrew C. Chang -- Management of Evaporation Basins To Reduce and Avoid Adverse Impacts to Waterbirds / Douglas E. Davis and Charles H. Hanson -- Integrated Irrigation and Drainage Water Management / James E. Ayars and Blaine R. Hanson -- Drainage Water Reuse: Concepts, Practices and Potential Crops / Stephen R. Grattan, James D. Oster, John Letey and Stephen R. Kaffka -- Membrane Desalination of Agricultural Drainage Water / Yoram Cohen, Brian McCool, Anditya Rahardianto, Myung-man Kim and Jose Faria -- Advances in Wetland Salinity Management / Nigel W.T. Quinn -- Regional Economics and Management in Closed Drainage Basins / Keith C. Knapp, Kurt Schwabe and Kenneth A. Baerenklau -- California and Beyond: An International Perspective on the Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture / Dennis Wichelns and James D. Oster |
| Summary |
This book documents the history of irrigated agriculture and drainage in the San Joaquin Valley, and describes the hydrology and biogeochemical processes of salts and selenium, remediation technologies for salts and trace elements and policy and management options. The contents are comprised of fourteen chapter-length independent treatises, each depicting with fresh perspective a distinctive salinity drainage topic. The opening chapters detail the evolution of irrigated agriculture, and depict the geochemical and hydrological processes that define the San Joaquin Valley, including the physics, chemistry, and biology attributes that impact water management policies and strategies. Next, the contributors address the biogeochemistry of selenium, the role of plants in absorbing it from soils, and the processes involved in retaining and concentrating dissolved salts in drainage water. Further chapters describe on-farm and plot-level irrigation provisions to reduce agricultural drainage outputs and examine their effects on plant performance. This volume offers realistic policy analysis of water management options for irrigated agriculture in the Valley and assesses their respective outcomes, if implemented. Also included is an international perspective on the sustainability of irrigated agriculture there |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013) |
| Subject |
Soil salinization -- California -- San Joaquin Valley
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Hydrology -- California -- San Joaquin Valley
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Salinity.
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salinity.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Hydrology
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Salinity
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Soil salinization
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California -- San Joaquin Valley
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chang, A. C. (Andrew C.), editor.
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Silva, Deborah Brawer, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789400768512 |
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9400768516 |
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9400768508 |
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9789400768505 |
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