Agroforestry for the Management of Waterlogged Saline Soils and Poor-Quality Waters

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dagar, Jagdish Chander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Minhas, Paramjit (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Advances in Agroforestry, 13
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Agriculture.; Life Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

Land degradation caused by salinity and waterlogging is a global problem afflicting about one billion hectares and endangering the food security of at least 75 countries. Since the social, economic and environmental costs of on and/off-farm reclamation techniques are high, agroforestry is now emergi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. High Rate Transpiration Systems (HRTS) for Control of Waterlogging
• 3. Bio-Management Options for Greening and Water-table Control
• 4. Controlling Seepage and Salinity Using Trees: Australian Experiences
• 5. Response of Woody Plants to Flooding and Salinity
• 6. Agroforestry to Enhance Farm Productivity in Coastal Waterlogged Areas
• 7. Safer Disposal of Wastewater for Greening the Urban and Peri-urban Areas and Revenue Generation
• 8. Tree-based Integrated Agricultural Model for Enhancing farm Productivity of Waterlogged Areas
• 9. Biomanagement Options for Carbon Sequestration, Ecosystem Services and Mitigating Climate Change
• 10. Comparison of Models for Estimating Evapo-transpiration of Irrigated Eucalypt Plantations
• 11. Biomanagement: Socio-economic and Policy Issues and Challenges.