Water productivity in a rigid irrigation delivery system

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1025-1040

  Zardari, Noor ul Hassan ^a   Cordery, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic value of water; Rotational delivery system; Warabandi; Water allocation; Water course

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC VALUE OF WATER; ROTATIONAL DELIVERY SYSTEM; WARABANDI; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER COURSE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; ECONOMICS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATER SUPPLY;

CROP PRODUCTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; RIVER BASIN; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 63649128803     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9312-2     Document Type: Article

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