Sustainable irrigation management, technologies and policies II : [proceedings of the] second international conference on sustainable irrigation management, technologies and policies

Attracting researchers in academia and industry, as well as professionalpractitioners and policy makers, the Second International Conference onSustainable Irrigation provided a platform for a review of thestate-of-the-art from the scientific, technological, political and economicpoints of view. Papers from the Meeting are published in this volume, and cover the following topics: Irrigation controls; Irrigation systems and planning; Irrigation modelling; Irrigation management; Remote sensing application; Irrigation in arid and semi-arid regions; Re-use of water; Water and soil pollution control; Bio-economic modelling. Preface......Page 12 Contents......Page 14 Section 1: Sustainable irrigation and economic instruments Special session organised by Henning Bjornlund......Page 18 Economic instruments and irrigation water management - a comparative study of private and district irrigators in Alberta, Canada......Page 20 Application of economic instruments, tradable licenses and good governance for sustainable water conservation......Page 32 Sustainable irrigation and the role of economic instruments and their supporting institutions......Page 42 Irrigation and water security: the role of economic instruments and governance......Page 52 Irrigation to meet growing food demand with climate change, salinity and water trade......Page 60 Irrigated agriculture in an era of high energy prices......Page 70 Factors influencing water allocation and entitlement prices in the Greater Goulburn area of Australia......Page 80 Sustainability of groundwater resources in India: challenges and scope for economic instruments and policy......Page 90 Water options contracts to facilitate intersectoral trade......Page 100 Section 2: Irrigation management......Page 110 Why do two-thirds of Australian irrigators use no objective irrigation scheduling methods?......Page 112 Salt tolerance classification of winter cereal varieties according to grain yield performance and water use efficiency......Page 122 Midsummer deficit irrigation of alfalfa as a strategy for providing water for water-short areas......Page 132 Yield and canopy response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to different irrigation regimes......Page 140 Using individual farm management plans to manage land use change effects associated with new irrigation development, Canterbury, New Zealand......Page 150 Monitoring irrigation water, analysis and database maintenance for Nahr Ibrahim......Page 160 Groundwater history and trends in Kuwait......Page 170 Section 3: Irrigation modelling......Page 182 Applicability of a 4 inputs ANN model for ETo prediction in coastal and inland locations......Page 184 Modelling irrigation strategies to minimize deep drainage for two different climatic regions of Canada......Page 194 Adaptive scheduling in deficit irrigation - a model-data fusion approach......Page 204 Hydrological water balance modelling for assessing productivity and irrigation planning......Page 218 Section 4: Irrigation systems and planning......Page 228 An integrated framework for sustainable agriculture land use and production practices......Page 230 Sustainable irrigation in areas with an arid and semi-arid climate in the province of Alicante......Page 240 Predicting environmental sustainability for proposed irrigation schemes......Page 250 A framework for evaluating the consumption patterns and environmental impacts of irrigation methods: a case study from South-Eastern Australia......Page 262 Computer application for optimization of turn assignment on a tree-structured irrigation network......Page 272 Cost-benefit analysis of different solutions for sustainable irrigation in Fucino Plain (Italy)......Page 280 Determining the climatologically suitable areas for wheat production using MODIS-NDVI in Mashhad, Iran......Page 290 Mass mixing approach for assessing effects of irrigation on water quality......Page 298 Designs for the future: the role of sustainable irrigation in northern Australia......Page 310 Definition of ecological flows downstream of dams located in the South of Portugal: a new method......Page 320 Study to improve the effective use of water in the Stompdrift-Kamanassie water scheme in the Oudtshoorn area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa......Page 330 Section 5: Re-use of water......Page 340 Economic analysis of water reuse in Spain......Page 342 Treated wastewater reuse for green space irrigation in arid and semiarid regions......Page 352 Integrating alternative water sources in urbanised environments......Page 368 Filter and emitter performance of micro-irrigation systems using secondary and tertiary effluents......Page 378 The use of treated effluent for agricultural irrigation: current status in the Bottelary catchment (South Africa)......Page 388 O......Page 398 Z......Page 399 Preface 12 Contents 14 Section 1: Sustainable irrigation and economic instruments Special session organised by Henning Bjornlund 18 Economic instruments and irrigation water management - a comparative study of private and district irrigators in Alberta, Canada 20 Application of economic instruments, tradable licenses and good governance for sustainable water conservation 32 Sustainable irrigation and the role of economic instruments and their supporting institutions 42 Irrigation and water security: the role of economic instruments and governance 52 Irrigation to meet growing food demand with climate change, salinity and water trade 60 Irrigated agriculture in an era of high energy prices 70 Factors influencing water allocation and entitlement prices in the Greater Goulburn area of Australia 80 Sustainability of groundwater resources in India: challenges and scope for economic instruments and policy 90 Water options contracts to facilitate intersectoral trade 100 Section 2: Irrigation management 110 Why do two-thirds of Australian irrigators use no objective irrigation scheduling methods? 112 Salt tolerance classification of winter cereal varieties according to grain yield performance and water use efficiency 122 Midsummer deficit irrigation of alfalfa as a strategy for providing water for water-short areas 132 Yield and canopy response of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to different irrigation regimes 140 Using individual farm management plans to manage land use change effects associated with new irrigation development, Canterbury, New Zealand 150 Monitoring irrigation water, analysis and database maintenance for Nahr Ibrahim 160 Groundwater history and trends in Kuwait 170 Section 3: Irrigation modelling 182 Applicability of a 4 inputs ANN model for ETo prediction in coastal and inland locations 184 Modelling irrigation strategies to minimize deep drainage for two different climatic regions of Canada 194 Adaptive scheduling in deficit irrigation - a model-data fusion approach 204 Hydrological water balance modelling for assessing productivity and irrigation planning 218 Section 4: Irrigation systems and planning 228 An integrated framework for sustainable agriculture land use and production practices 230 Sustainable irrigation in areas with an arid and semi-arid climate in the province of Alicante 240 Predicting environmental sustainability for proposed irrigation schemes 250 A framework for evaluating the consumption patterns and environmental impacts of irrigation methods: a case study from South-Eastern Australia 262 Computer application for optimization of turn assignment on a tree-structured irrigation network 272 Cost-benefit analysis of different solutions for sustainable irrigation in Fucino Plain (Italy) 280 Determining the climatologically suitable areas for wheat production using MODIS-NDVI in Mashhad, Iran 290 Mass mixing approach for assessing effects of irrigation on water quality 298 Designs for the future: the role of sustainable irrigation in northern Australia 310 Definition of ecological flows downstream of dams located in the South of Portugal: a new method 320 Study to improve the effective use of water in the Stompdrift-Kamanassie water scheme in the Oudtshoorn area in the Western Cape Province of South Africa 330 Section 5: Re-use of water 340 Economic analysis of water reuse in Spain 342 Treated wastewater reuse for green space irrigation in arid and semiarid regions 352 Integrating alternative water sources in urbanised environments 368 Filter and emitter performance of micro-irrigation systems using secondary and tertiary effluents 378 The use of treated effluent for agricultural irrigation: current status in the Bottelary catchment (South Africa) 388 Author Index 398 A 398 B 398 C 398 D 398 E 398 F 398 G 398 H 398 J 398 K 398 L 398 M 398 N 398 O 398 P 399 R 399 S 399 T 399 V 399 W 399 Z 399 This book contains most of the papers presented at the Second International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation, Management, Technologies and Policies. The meeting follows the success of the first Conference which was organised in Bologna in 2006. Over-exploitation of fresh water resources is leading to damaging long lasting environmental effects with considerable depletion of groundwater and surface water sources. The problem of contamination adds to these effects, effectively reducing the availability of clean water. The Conference also discussed how irrigation ought to be used to avoid deterioration of crops and soils. The papers presented in this volume have been classified in the following sections: Sustainable Irrigation and Economic Instruments; Irrigation Management; Irrigation Modelling; Irrigation Systems and Planning; Re-use of Water As the standard of living for a large section of the world population continues to increase, the strategic importance of fresh water resources also rises. This volume presents papers from the Second International Conference on Sustainable Irrigation which provides a review from the scientific, technological, political and economic points of view.

this Book Contains Most Of The Papers Presented At The Second International Conference On Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies And Policies, Held At The University Of Alicante In 2008. The Meeting Follows The Success Of The First Conference Which Was Organised In Bologna In 2006.