Overview
- Enriches understanding of the water resources problems that Egypt is facing
- Includes case studies that illustrate the reality of water use in the fields
- Provides an integrated direction of increasing water use efficiency from the fields of agronomy and water management
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book targets the issue of water scarcity in Egypt as a typical example of the world water crisis. Today, the available water resource is facing its limit because of rapid increase in water demand as a result of population growth and changes in peoples’ life-style. The basic idea to solve the problem of water scarcity is that the irrigation sector, the biggest user of water, should increase water use efficiency. However, the real problem is how this can be achieved in view of the crucial need for water in this sector. This book addresses this challenge through case studies from the Nile delta in Egypt. The water problem in the Nile delta, the major source for water in Egypt, is discussed in this book from all its various aspects. This book covers the situation before and after the advent of the Aswan High Dam, so that the reader understands the entire development. Another special feature are the extensive and scientific descriptions of contemporary topics in water and agriculture, especially from the viewpoint of water saving and sustainability. These descriptions are based on field experiments and surveys in a six-year international research project. Topics of this book are local, but their implications are global.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Past, Present and Future
Eds. M. Satoh & S. Aboulroos
Prof. Masayoshi SATOH is a 67 year-old Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba since 2012. He is currently Associate Editor in Hydrology of the Springer Arabian Journal of Geosciences. Prof. Satoh is the leader of SATREPS Nile Delta Project in Egypt on “Sustainable Systems for Food and Bio-Energy Production with Water-Saving Irrigation in the Egyptian Nile Basin”. Prof. Satoh has published 32 books in Japanese and English, and about 80 refereed academic papers in domestic and international journals.
Prof. Samir ABOULROOS is a Professor at the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt. Prof. Aboulroos has published about 30 refereed academic papers in domestic and international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt
Book Subtitle: Past, Present and Future
Editors: Masayoshi Satoh, Samir Aboulroos
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30216-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30215-7Published: 17 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80753-9Published: 17 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30216-4Published: 07 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 290
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Hydrology/Water Resources, Agricultural Economics, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Sustainable Development