This report is the concluding document of the study, Agricultural Drainage: Toward an Interdisciplinary and Integrated Approach, under the Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program-Environment/Water Resources Management Window. The study spanned more than two years of literature reviews, field investigations, and analysis. Work included case studies in six countries representing a cross-section of drainage situations in different climatic zones. The last phase focused on formulating the approach presented in this document. Drainage as a human intervention in the hydrological cycle affects many different functions of natural resources systems and thereby has multiple impacts on society. Global experience provides an overview of some of these effects, positive and negative. The impact of drainage on agricultural production and productivity can be substantial, and drainage investments may have a short payback period. Drainage has a favorable impact on public health and enhances sanitation in rural areas. Improved drainage increases the value of land and buildings and protects roads and other rural infrastructure. On the negative side, drainage has often done much less well in safeguarding vital ecosystems, key environmental processes, and other resources such as fisheries.
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Abdel-Dayam, Safwat, Hoevenaars,Jan P. M., Mollinga,Peter P., Scheumann,Waltina, Slootweg,Roel, Van Steenbergen,Frank W. M.
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Document Date
2004/02/01
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Document Type
Working Paper
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Report Number
31885
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Reclaiming drainage: toward an integrated approach
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Keywords
Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects;convention on biological diversity;land and water management;Flood Control and Drainage;Land and Water Resources;integrated water resources management;financing of water supply;Environmental and Social Impact;source of drinking water;Economic Rate of Retum;Management of Natural Resources;cgiar consultative group;country case study;natural resource system;
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Abdel-Dayam, Safwat Hoevenaars,Jan P. M. Mollinga,Peter P. Scheumann,Waltina Slootweg,Roel Van Steenbergen,Frank W. M.
Reclaiming drainage: toward an integrated approach (English). Agriculture and Rural Development,no. 1 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/817101468330286289/Reclaiming-drainage-toward-an-integrated-approach