Aquifer Systems Management: Darcy's Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage
Author | : Laurence Chery |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2014-04-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1482288524 |
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By 2050, the demand for water to sustain world agriculture will increase by seventy-five per cent in order to feed an estimated nine billion inhabitants. Increased amounts of water will be required for irrigation and for industrial and domestic use. Natural ecosystems will be threatened by the expansion of agricultural land and by a reduc