The Socio-Economic Framework: What Can be Learned from Earlier Failures?
- 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].
Author: | Iourii Nikolskii, Bernhard Lucke, Hendrike Helbron, Dmitry PalekhovORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10640-8_18 |
ISBN: | 978-3-642-10639-2 |
Title of the source (English): | Progressive Development : To Mitigate the Negative Impact of Global Warming on the Semi-arid Regions |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publication: | Berlin [u.a.] |
Editor: | Aryē S. Issar |
Document Type: | Part of a book (chapter) |
Language: | English |
Year of publication: | 2010 |
First Page: | 115 |
Last Page: | 117 |
Series ; volume number: | Environmental Science and Engineering |
Faculty/Chair: | Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Umweltplanung |
Institution name at the time of publication: | Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik (eBTU) / LS Umweltplanung |