Sustainable land and water management policies and practices: A pathway to environmental sustainability in large irrigation systems

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 469-487

  Khan, S ^a,b   Hanjra, M A ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNESCO IHP ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Economic analysis; Groundwater; Irrigation; Murray Darling Basin; Salinity; Salt and water balance

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITIES; AUSTRALIA; CARRYING CAPACITIES; CASE STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FARM LANDS; FARM PRODUCTIONS; GROSS MARGINS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENTS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MODELING RESULTS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; NET PRESENT VALUES; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS; SALINITY; SALT BALANCES; WATER CYCLES; WIN WINS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND MANAGEMENT; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 58049107555     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.852     Document Type: Article

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