Author : Kenneth D. Frederick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1317334310
Book Description
This title, originally published in 1982, examines the importance of western irrigation to U.S. agriculture and the impacts of the changing water supply situation on the development of western irrigation. Past trends, water supply conditions, water institutions, economic forces, technological alternatives, and environmental factors are examined for their impacts on the course of western irrigation. Water for Western Agriculture will be of particular interest for students studying environmental issues.