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By the end of this century, the world's population will exceed six billion. The pressure on land for producing food, for urban development, housing, factories and even for recreation will be more intense than at any time in the history of mankind. In search of appropriate land and related water, people will be compelled not only to move up the hills but also to encroach into swamps, flood plains and tidal lands by impoldering and reclaiming them. To reap the full benefit of this latter undertaking, polders will have to be carefully planned and constructed. Also, land and water management within the polders will have to be well designed and implemented.
Experience has shown that planning of all aspects of development in a polder such as villages, parks, wooded areas, industrial estates, irrigation, drainage, fresh water reservoirs, farm units, land parcelling, agriculture, etc., in an integrated manner, is the best way for achieving full benefits, even if the implementation will be carried out in stages. Such planning and implementation require close cooperation and the coordinated effort of people of several disciplines working together.
By the end of this century, the world's population will exceed six billion. The pressure on land for producing food, for urban development, housing, factories and even for recreation will be more intense than at any time in the history of mankind. In search of appropriate land and related water, people will be compelled not only to move up the hills but also to encroach into swamps, flood plains and tidal lands by impoldering and reclaiming them. To reap the full benefit of this latter undertaking, polders will have to be carefully planned and constructed. Also, land and water management within the polders will have to be well designed and implemented.
Experience has shown that planning of all aspects of development in a polder such as villages, parks, wooded areas, industrial estates, irrigation, drainage, fresh water reservoirs, farm units, land parcelling, agriculture, etc., in an integrated manner, is the best way for achieving full benefits, even if the implementation will be carried out in stages. Such planning and implementation require close cooperation and the coordinated effort of people of several disciplines working together.
Land and Water Management in Polders
Pranich, Kanok (author)
Water International ; 8 ; 61-66
1983-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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