Minimising the earthwork cost in the construction of irrigation offstream reservoirs

Water Resources Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-397

  Agüera, Francisco ^a   Aguilar, Fernando J ^a   Aguilar, Manuel A ^a   Carvajal, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DTM; Earthwork; Minimum earthwork cost; Offstream reservoir; Optimal offstream reservoir design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS;

EARTHWORK COST; IRRIGATION OFFSTREAM RESERVOIRS; TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD;

IRRIGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS;

COST; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EARTHWORKS; IRRIGATION; RESERVOIR; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846460764     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-006-9021-7     Document Type: Article

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