Groundwater management for sustainable agriculture in the North China Plain / edited by Yanjun Shen.

Other author Shen, Yanjun.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Balkema, 2025
Descriptionpages cm
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Contents Chapter 1. Population growth, food demand, and water crisis in the North China Plain -- Chapter 2. Integrated paths to sustainable groundwater management -- Chapter 3. Water saving agriculture: Principles, regulation, and framework of practices -- Chapter 4. Water budgets, ET partitioning, and implications to water saving -- Chapter 5. Improving water productivity by integrating bio-, agro- and engineering measures -- Chapter 6. Agricultural land use change and impacts on groundwater -- Chapter 7. Adjustment of field cropping patterns: A better intensity -- Chapter 8. Optimization of regional cropping structure: A better planning -- Chapter 9. Managing groundwater quality and quantity of irrigated farmland -- Chapter 10. Utilization of brackish and other abnormal water in irrigation -- Chapter 11. Innovation of policy system and smart irrigation technologies
Abstract "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. It contains the research conducted by the author and his teams on several projects over the past 18 years. Some key topics covered are , Comprehensive scheme and pathways to achieve groundwater sustainable management. Description of theoretical basis for water-saving and technologies developed in practice at field scale. Adjusting cropping patterns and planting structure to reduce the cultivation intensity to a suitable extent. Soft measures such as, water metering, pricing, and water right marketing, etc. being applied in groundwater management practice in the NCP. It will be an invaluable resource to graduate students, education and research staff, and agriculture or water resources authorities"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
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LCCN 2024011559
ISBN9781032116747 (hardback)
ISBN9781032116754 (paperback)
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