environmental impact assessment is an important approach to achieve sustainable development. this study has investigated the environmental impact of sugar beet production. in addition data envelopment analysis was applied for detecting efficient units and decrease environmental impacts. in this study final environmental index of impact category consist of global warming, acidification, eutrophi...

The predominance of rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab has resulted in number of ecological problems in the state such as depletion of underground water table, deterioration of soil health by adversely affecting the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil (Kumar et al., 2016). However, for over a decade, ricewheat cropping system yields in high productivity zones have either ...

Groundwater depletion is a problem in many parts the world. We developed an approach to investigate drivers of groundwater data-scarce regions. The combines natural and human-induced drivers, with latter focusing on link between human activities government policies. tested Wadi Zabid, Yemen. Forty years rainfall-runoff data were analyzed, alongside changes land cover, abstraction related No dec...

This paper investigates the relationship between river flow, rainfall and groundwater pumpage in the Mikkes stream during the period 1968-2009. The Mikkes basin is located in the north center of Morocco and consists of three different zones that represent diversified geologies. This basin includes a phreatic and confined aquifer in Saïs basin and a shallow aquifer in the Tabular Middle Atlas. A...

evaporation from the soil surface has an important role in the water balance model in nature, so that the major part of rain fall and irrigation water in arid and semi-arid regions is lost via evaporation from the soil surface. in such areas, there are some regions with high water table and because of evaporation from the soil surface, salts accumulation also occur in the soil surface. so evapo...

a field study was conducted to evaluate the possibility of using water table control techniques in the semi arid region of iran with special attention to its salinity management. the wtm consisted of three subirrigation treatments with water table controls set at 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 m from the soil surface and a free drainage (fd) treatment. the electrical conductivity (ec) of water was 1.5 ds/m. ...

lack of sewage collection systems, percolation of surface waters, and seepage of wells have raised the groundwater table in shiraz area in the south of iran. the growing population generates environmental pollution resulting in the degradation of the quality of surface and groundwaters used for agriculture. inorganic and organic pollutants have been traced in shiraz water resources. heavy metal...