Water Management and Agricultural Development: A Case Study of the Cuyo Region of Argentina / Edition 1

by Kenneth D. Frederick

Overview

First Published in 2011. Water is a scarce resource in the arid zones of Latin America and is sure to become more so. Population growth and rising income, coupled with rapid urbanization, assure continued steep increases in demand for water for irrigation and for industrial and municipal uses. This monograph offers an overall methodology and systematic analysis of a region’s water problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617260858
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/19/2011
Series:	RFF Water Policy Set , #4
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Professor Kenneth D Frederick (Resources for the Future, Washington D.C., USA)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 historical growth of agriculture and water use; Chapter 3 the role of government; Chapter 4 the past as prologue; Chapter 5 water use efficiency; Chapter 6 farm level implications of rising water costs and alternative government policies; Chapter 7 alternative growth patterns within Cuyo; Chapter 8 summary and conclusions;

Editorial Reviews

'... The reader will be impressed with [Frederick's] recommendations, also with the overall methodology and systematic analysis of [the region's] water problem... This monograph may...serve as a model for studying similar agricultural areas...' Agricultural History

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