Irrigation in Tropical Africa

Irrigation in Tropical Africa
Author: William Mansfield Adams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1983
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Conference papers on obstacles to, and problem-solving in, irrigation in tropical zones of Africa - covers soil surveys and human resources planning, fuelwood needs and activities of Hausa rural women; examines land tenure issues, labour demand, and origins of low agricultural production in certain irrigation schemes; analyses farmer behaviour in response to irrigation; discusses training needs. Diagrams, graphs, references, statistical tables. Conference held in Cambridge 1983 Mar 24 to 25.

Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change

Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change
Author: Eric Craswell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2007-04-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1402055919

This book presents papers from an international conference, held in Bonn, Germany in February 2005, that dealt with integrated water resources management in industrialized and developing countries. The papers detail such emerging concepts as blue and green water, virtual water, the water footprints of nations, multi-agent modeling, linkages between water and biodiversity, and social learning and adaptive management.

The Management of Weeds in Irrigation and Drainage Channels

The Management of Weeds in Irrigation and Drainage Channels
Author: Ian Smout
Publisher: WEDC, Loughborough University
Total Pages: 15
Release: 1997-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 0906055571

These guidelines are the result of two years research undertaken by WEDC with collaborators in Zimbabwer and Kenya. They provide a systematic and interdisciplinary approach to the problems caused by aquatic weeds in irrigation and drainage systems in tropical and subtropical areas.

Sustainability Indicators in Practice

Sustainability Indicators in Practice
Author: Agnieszka Latawiec
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2016-01-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 3110450674

A unique book which reflects the multifaceted nature of sustainability by bringing together authors from interdisciplinary backgrounds. The book highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with applying sustainability indicators in different socio-cultural and geographical settings. It presents a range of possible solutions to common challenges associated with the use of indicators in practice.

Learning from Change

Learning from Change
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: IDRC
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2000
Genre: Community development
ISBN: 0889368953

Learning from Change provides an overview of the common themes and experiences in participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation across different institutions and sectors. It is a compilation of selected case studies and discussions between practitioners, academics, donors, and policymakers in participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E). It explores conceptual, methodological, institutional, and policy issues that need to be addressed to enrich our understanding and practice of PM&E. The book is in three sections. The first provides a general overview of PM&E, synthesizing literature surveys and regional reviews of PM&E practice around the world. The second presents case studies that illustrate the diverse range of settings and contexts in which PM&E is being applied. The third raises the key issues and challenges arising from the case studies and discussions, and proposes areas for future research and action. Learning from Change will be an important reference for development professionals worldwide as well as for anyone interested in the process of participatory development, including researchers, academics, fieldworkers, development practitioners, and policymakers.

Digital Cities

Digital Cities
Author: Toru Ishida
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2003-06-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540464220

On the way towards the Information Society, global networks such as the Internet, together with mobile computing, have made wide-area computing over virtual communities a reality. Digital city projects, with the goal of building platforms to support community networking, are going on worldwide. This is the first book devoted to digital cities. It is based on an international symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, in September 1999. The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in the book; they reflect the state of the art in this exciting new field of interdisciplinary research and development. The book is divided into parts on design and analysis, digital city experiments, community network experiments, applications, visualization technologies, mobile technologies, and social interaction and communityware.

Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming

Multi-Objective Programming and Goal Programming
Author: Mehrdad Tamiz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642875610

Most real-life problems involve making decisions to optimally achieve a number of criteria while satisfying some hard or soft constraints. In this book several methods for solving such problems are presented by the leading experts in the area. The book also contains a number of very interesting application papers which demonstrate theoretical modelling, analysing and solution of real-life problems.

Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills

Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Author: Virgil M. Harris
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2022-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills" by Virgil M. Harris. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.