Modelling and multicriteria analysis of water saving scenarios for an irrigation district in the upper Yellow River Basin

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 93-108

  Goncalves J M ^a   Pereira, L S ^a   Fang, S X ^b   Dong, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Ningxia Water Resources Bureau   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Canal distribution systems; Demand simulation; DSS modelling; Irrigation delivery scheduling; Multicriteria analysis; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; SEEPAGE; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CANAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DEMAND SIMULATION; DSS MODELING; IRRIGATION DELIVERY SCHEDULING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRIGATION; SEEPAGE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

CANAL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MODELING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 36049010621     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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