The agricultural groundwater revolution : opportunities and threats to development edited by Mark Giordano and Karen G. Villholth.

Contributor(s): Giordano, Mark | Villholth, Karen GMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series, 3Publication details: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2007Description: xii, 419 p. : illISBN: 9781845931728 (alk. paper); 1845931726 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Water-supply, Agricultural | GroundwaterDDC classification: 333.913 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Contributors vii Series Foreword xi The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Setting the Stage 1 (6) Mark Giordano Karen G. Villholth I The Situation: Overview of Regional and Topical Issues The Groundwater Economy of South Asia: An Assessment of Size, Significance and Socio-ecological Impacts 7 (30) Tushaar Shah The Development, Challenges and Management of Groundwater in Rural China 37 (26) Jinxia Wang Jikun Huang Amelia Blanke Qiuqiong Huang Scott Rozelle Rural Economic Transitions: Groundwater Use in the Middle East and Its Environmental Consequences 63 (16) J.A. Tony Allan Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunistic Exploitation 79 (21) Mutsa Masiyandima Mark F. Giordano Groundwater in Central America: Its Importance, Development and Use, with Particular Reference to Its Role in Irrigated Agriculture 100 (31) Maureen Ballestero Virginia Reyes Yamileth Astorga II Current Management Paradigms Community Management of Groundwater 131 (22) Edella Schlager Instruments and Institutions for Groundwater Management 153 (20) Karin Erika Kemper When the Well Runs Dry but Livelihood Continues: Adaptive Responses to Groundwater Depletion and Strategies for Mitigating the Associated Impacts 173 (22) Marcus Moench III Case Studies and Innovative Experience The Groundwater Recharge Movement in India 195 (16) Ramaswamy Sakthivadivel Energy--Irrigation Nexus in South Asia: Improving Groundwater Conservation and Power Sector Viability 211 (32) Tushaar Shah Christopher Scott Avinash Kishore Abhishek Sharma To Adapt or Not to Adapt: The Dilemma between Long-term Resource Management and Short-term Livelihood 243 (23) Srinivas Mudrakartha Lessons from Intensive Groundwater Use In Spain: Economic and Social Benefits and Conflicts 266 (30) M. Ramon Llamas Alberto Garrido Groundwater Management in the High Plains Aquifer in the USA: Legal Problems and Innovations 296 (24) John C. Peck Institutional Directions in Groundwater Management in Australia 320 (42) Hugh Turral Imogen Fullagar Sharing Groundwater Information, Knowledge and Experience on a Worldwide Scale 362 (31) Jac A.M. van der Gun Groundwater Use in a Global Perspective -- Can It be Managed? 393 (10) Karen G. Villholth Mark Giordano Index 403
Summary: This book addresses the issues of using groundwater in agricultural production in the developing world. By addressing the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of the groundwater resources, it explores the practiced and potential methods that meet the massive challenges of agricultural water management in the context of agricultural development. The book is divided into three parts plus two final chapters. Part I provides regional overviews of agricultural groundwater systems covering much of the developing world. The regions include 'traditional' use areas such as South Asia, China and the Middle East/North Africa where groundwater already contributes substantially to existing agricultural economies. It also includes two areas, sub-Saharan Africa and Central America. Part II presents an overview of three major governance paradigms that have been, or might be, employed to address challenges facing groundwater management. Part III provides a series of case studies that examine how these governance paradigms have actually functioned on the ground. A chapter concludes the book with n overview of the state of affairs in agricultural water use in the developing world, the opportunities and threats for the resource to continue contributing t global food supply and to lifting farmers out of poverty and into the future, agricultural or not, tat they most desire
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Includes index

Contributors vii
Series Foreword xi
The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution: Setting the Stage
1 (6)
Mark Giordano
Karen G. Villholth
I The Situation: Overview of Regional and Topical Issues
The Groundwater Economy of South Asia: An Assessment of Size, Significance and Socio-ecological Impacts
7 (30)
Tushaar Shah
The Development, Challenges and Management of Groundwater in Rural China
37 (26)
Jinxia Wang
Jikun Huang
Amelia Blanke
Qiuqiong Huang
Scott Rozelle
Rural Economic Transitions: Groundwater Use in the Middle East and Its Environmental Consequences
63 (16)
J.A. Tony Allan
Sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunistic Exploitation
79 (21)
Mutsa Masiyandima
Mark F. Giordano
Groundwater in Central America: Its Importance, Development and Use, with Particular Reference to Its Role in Irrigated Agriculture
100 (31)
Maureen Ballestero
Virginia Reyes
Yamileth Astorga
II Current Management Paradigms
Community Management of Groundwater
131 (22)
Edella Schlager
Instruments and Institutions for Groundwater Management
153 (20)
Karin Erika Kemper
When the Well Runs Dry but Livelihood Continues: Adaptive Responses to Groundwater Depletion and Strategies for Mitigating the Associated Impacts
173 (22)
Marcus Moench
III Case Studies and Innovative Experience
The Groundwater Recharge Movement in India
195 (16)
Ramaswamy Sakthivadivel
Energy--Irrigation Nexus in South Asia: Improving Groundwater Conservation and Power Sector Viability
211 (32)
Tushaar Shah
Christopher Scott
Avinash Kishore
Abhishek Sharma
To Adapt or Not to Adapt: The Dilemma between Long-term Resource Management and Short-term Livelihood
243 (23)
Srinivas Mudrakartha
Lessons from Intensive Groundwater Use In Spain: Economic and Social Benefits and Conflicts
266 (30)
M. Ramon Llamas
Alberto Garrido
Groundwater Management in the High Plains Aquifer in the USA: Legal Problems and Innovations
296 (24)
John C. Peck
Institutional Directions in Groundwater Management in Australia
320 (42)
Hugh Turral
Imogen Fullagar
Sharing Groundwater Information, Knowledge and Experience on a Worldwide Scale
362 (31)
Jac A.M. van der Gun
Groundwater Use in a Global Perspective -- Can It be Managed?
393 (10)
Karen G. Villholth
Mark Giordano
Index 403

This book addresses the issues of using groundwater in agricultural production in the developing world. By addressing the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of the groundwater resources, it explores the practiced and potential methods that meet the massive challenges of agricultural water management in the context of agricultural development. The book is divided into three parts plus two final chapters. Part I provides regional overviews of agricultural groundwater systems covering much of the developing world. The regions include 'traditional' use areas such as South Asia, China and the Middle East/North Africa where groundwater already contributes substantially to existing agricultural economies. It also includes two areas, sub-Saharan Africa and Central America. Part II presents an overview of three major governance paradigms that have been, or might be, employed to address challenges facing groundwater management. Part III provides a series of case studies that examine how these governance paradigms have actually functioned on the ground. A chapter concludes the book with n overview of the state of affairs in agricultural water use in the developing world, the opportunities and threats for the resource to continue contributing t global food supply and to lifting farmers out of poverty and into the future, agricultural or not, tat they most desire

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