Using spatial information systems to improve water management in Mexico

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Ojeda Bustamante, Waldo ^a   González Camacho, Juan Manuel ^b   Sifuentes Ibarra, Ernesto ^c   Isidro, Esteban ^a   Rendón Pimentel, Luis ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^b Postgraduate College (CP)   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^d Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

GIS; Information technology; Irrigation scheduling; Irrigation scheme; Water accounting; Water delivery

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IRRIGATION;

WATER ACCOUNTING; WATER DELIVERY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IRRIGATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

GIS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GIS; IRRIGATION; WATER RESOURCES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847401815     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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