Modern land drainage : planning, design and management of agricultural drainage systems /: planning, design and management of agricultural drainage systems. ([2014?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lambert K. Smedema, Willem F. Vlotman, David W. Rycroft.
• Other Names: Smedema, Lambert K; Vlotman, Willem F; Rycroft, David W; Smedema, Lambert K
• Contents: Pt. 1. Introduction -- Land drainage for agriculture -- Planning and design -- pt. 2. Systems and technology -- Subsurface drainage systems -- Surface/shallow drainage systems -- pt. 3. Planning and design -- Design of pipe drainage systems -- Design discharges -- Hydraulic design of drainage canals and structures -- pt. 4. Salinity control -- Soil salinity -- Irrigation induced salinisation -- Drainage of irrigated land -- pt. 5. Special topics -- Seepage and interception -- Reclamation and drainage of unripened soils -- Drainage of rice lands -- Controlled drainage -- Computer applications -- pt. 6. Field investigations and cost evaluation -- Field surveys and investigations -- Hydraulic conductivity -- Cost evaluation -- pt. 7. Management -- Institutional, organisational and financial arrangements -- Maintenance -- Performance assessment and benchmarking.
• Edition: Rev. 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: London] [Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (462 pages)
• Subjects: 631.62; Drainage; Irrigation engineering; Drainage; Irrigation engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482283860; 1482283867
• Related ISBNs: 9058095541
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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