Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change, including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise...
Salinity in surface waters is on the rise throughout much of the world. Many factors contribute to this change including increased water extraction, poor irrigation management, and sea-level rise. To...
Bangladesh, with two-thirds of its land area less than five meters above sea level, is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Low-lying coastal districts along the Bay of Bengal...
This paper quantifies the impact of inundation risk and salinization on the family structure and economic welfare of coastal households in Bangladesh. These households are already on the "front line"...
It is a virtual certainty that sea-level rise will continue throughout the century and beyond 2100 even if greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized in the near future. Understanding the economic impacts...
The potentially-adverse impact of salinity on paved roads is well-established in the engineering literature. The problem seems destined to grow, as climate-related changes in sea level and riverine...
Coastal Tamil Nadu, one of the most densely populated regions of the world, is facing major issues of sea level variation, shoreline erosion, salt water intrusion, and degradation of mangroves and existing ...
The development objectives of the Additional Financing for the Emergency Community Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project for Iraq are to generate short-term employment while addressing urgent rural ...
The Additional Financing for the
Emergency Community Infrastructure
Rehabilitation
Project for Iraq will contribute to the socio-economic
recovery of the rural poor, through aiming at a project
...
While the project will improve the drainage conditions, and reduce water-logging and soil salinization in project selected areas for irrigation, and wetlands improvement, significant issues facing ...
Is irrigation sustainable, and if so, how and under what conditions? That is the question that has impelled the writing of this report. This report examine the nature of salinity, its effects on crop...