Meet the editors

Sandra Ricart is a geographer with a PhD in Experimental Sciences and Sustainability (2014, University of Girona, Spain). Awarded by different national research institutions, she carried out her predoctoral research at different universities in France and Italy. As a postdoctoral researcher for the "Water and Territory" research group at the University of Alicante (Spain), she participates in national and European research projects, and she

has published chapter books and about 20 manuscripts in JCR and Scopus indexed journals focused on irrigation systems, water governance, ecosystem services, un-conventional water resources, and climate change adaptation. She has been an Assistant Professor in Masters in Planning and Management of Natural Risks at University of Alicante since 2018.

Antonio M. Rico is a Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis at the University of Alicante (Spain). He received his MSc degree from the University of Alicante in Territorial Planning in 1989, and his PhD in Geography in 1993. He is the Director of the Interuniversity Institute of Geography of the University of Alicante and the Director of the journal *Investigaciones Geográficas* (indexed in Scopus). He is the Principal Investigator of the "Water

and Territory" research group (University of Alicante). With more than a hundred publications in indexed journals and edited books, his research focuses on issues related to agricultural and urban water uses, overexploitation of aquifers, operation of irrigation structures, climate risks (droughts and floods), spatial planning, and un-conventional water resources.

Jorge Olcina is a Professor of Regional Geographical Analysis at the University of Alicante (Spain). He received his PhD in Geography in 1993 from the same university. He has been a visiting professor at universities in Spain, Europe, and Latin America. With near to two hundred publications in indexed journals and books, his research has focused on issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and climate

risks management. He has been a Principal Investigator of the Competitive Research Group of the University of Alicante in "Climate and Territorial Planning" since 2002; and a member of the research teams "History and Climate" and "Water and Territory". He has been the President of the Association of Spanish Geographers (AGE) since November 2017.

Contents

for Irrigation Systems

Rate Irrigation Estimates

Improving Water Productivity

Development of Irrigation System

*by Qudrat Ullah Khan and Obaid Ullah Sayal*

*and Liang Changmei*

*and Sajid Rashid Ahmad*

Pakistan

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 81**

**Chapter 6 101**

Introductory Chapter: Addressing Past Claims and Oncoming Challenges

Agronomic Operation and Maintenance of Field Irrigation Systems

Integrating Remote Sensing Data into Fuzzy Control System for Variable

*by Willians Ribeiro Mendes, Fábio Meneghetti U. Araújo and Salah Er-Raki*

Performance of Water Desalination and Modern Irrigation Systems for

Vulnerability of Environmental Resources in Indus Basin after the

Spate Irrigation: Impact of Climate Change with Specific Reference to

*by Muhammad Irfan, Abdul Qadir, Habib Ali, Nadia Jamil* 

*by Hani Abdelghani Mansour, Ren Hongjouan, Hu Jiandong, Bao Hong Feng* 

*by Sandra Ricart, Jorge Olcina and Antonio M. Rico*

*by Luis A. Gurovich and Luis Fernando Riveros*
