Drying wells, rising stakes : towards sustainable agricultural groundwater use

Drying wells, rising stakes towards sustainable agricultural groundwater use

Groundwater has provided great benefits to agriculture irrigation in semi-arid OECD countries, but its intensive use beyond recharge in certain regions has depleted resources and generated significant negative environmental externalities. The report provides a characterisation of the diversity of gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [2015]
Colección:OECD Studies on Water,
Materias:
Groundwater > Environmental aspects > OECD countries.
Groundwater recharge > OECD countries.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009706604006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding agricultural groundwater systems and challenges
  • The worrisome trends in groundwater irrigation expansion
  • Executive summary
  • Foreword
  • Towards adaptive groundwater management in agriculture
  • What agricultural groundwater policies exist in OECD countries?
  • What policy instruments help to manage agricultural groundwater use sustainably?.

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