Developing and Improving Irrigation and Drainage Systems. Selected Papers fromWorld Bank Seminars

摘要

Contents: The Global Problem of Land and Water Constraints; Irrigation in the1990s: A Role for the Bank; Irrigation and Drainage Projects: Sustainability, Performance, and Impact; Institutional Aspects of Irrigation Development in North Africa: Experience with Morocco; Pakistan: Public and Private Irrigation Development; Public and Private Groundwater Development in India: The Case of Uttar Pradesh; Design for Water User Associations: Organizational Characteristics; Comprehensive Water Resources Management; Northeast Brazil: Drought and the Development of Irrigation; Irrigation Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Future Perspectives; Irrigation in the U.S.S.R.; Agricultural Diversification and the Role of Irrigation; The International Program for Technology Research in Irrigation and Drainage: Early Experiences; Irrigation Research Requirements; Research on the Conjunctive Use of Rainfall and Irrigation; Project Drainage; Technology Research in Drainage: The French Experience; Hydrological Assessment Studies: Experience with Sub-Saharan Africa; Irrigation and Environmental Management: Some Major Issues for Developing Countries; Irrigation-induced Contamination: New Findings about an Old Problem.