TY - CHAP A1 - Nikolskii, Iourii A1 - Lucke, Bernhard A1 - Helbron, Hendrike A1 - Palekhov, Dmitry A2 - Issar, Aryē S. T1 - The Socio-Economic Framework: What Can be Learned from Earlier Failures? T2 - Progressive Development : To Mitigate the Negative Impact of Global Warming on the Semi-arid Regions N2 - Large-scale irrigation projects are theoretically beneficial; however there are examples of outstanding failures which partly led to ecological catastrophes. We think that irrigation per se does not necessarily lead to land degradation. Even in the famous case of the Mesopotamian plains, the idea that ancient Sumerian irrigation caused irreversible salinization [1] is far less evident than often assumed in the public discussion[2]. Y1 - 2014 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-UBICO/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12478 SN - 978-3-642-10639-2 SP - 115 EP - 117 PB - Springer CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER -