Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands

Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands

Schmandt, Jurgen
Kibaroglu, Aysegül
Buono, Regina

Hardcover

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 1108417035
ISBN13: 9781108417037
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 16 2021
Pages: 306
Weight: 2.20
Height: 0.70 Width: 8.70 Depth: 11.50
Language: English
This interdisciplinary volume examines how nine arid or semi-arid river basins with thriving irrigated agriculture are doing now and how they may change between now and mid-century. The rivers studied are the Colorado, Euphrates-Tigris, Jucar, Limarí, Murray-Darling, Nile, Rio Grande, São Francisco, and Yellow. Engineered dams and distribution networks brought large benefits to farmers and cities, but now the water systems face multiple challenges, above all climate change, reservoir siltation, and decreased water flows. Unchecked, they will see reduced food production and endanger the economic livelihood of basin populations. The authors suggest how to respond to these challenges without loss of food production, drinking water, or environmental health. The analysis of the political, hydrological, and environmental conditions within each basin gives policymakers, engineers, and researchers interested in the water/sustainability nexus a better understanding of engineered rivers in arid lands.

Also from

Schmandt, Jurgen

View All

Also in

Environmental Studies

View All