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CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering, Volume I Land and Water Engineering, Part 2.1 The Planning Issue

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  CIGR Handbook of Agricultural Engineering, Volume I Land and Water Engineering, Part 2.1 The Planning Issue pp. 19-43  .(doi:10.13031/2013.36292)
Authors:   M. B. A. Hes, H. N. van Lier
Keywords:   Section headings: 2.1.1 Why Land- and Water-Use Planning Are Important, 2.1.2 Goals, 2.1.3 The Planning Process, 2.1.4 Levels of Planning, 2.1.5 Knowledge Systems

First paragraph: In Chapter 1, it is stated that a traditional way of increasing agricultural production is by means of land andwater engineering. After a fewdecades of improving the conditions in favor of people and agriculture, a new view of this matter has arisen, namely the use of the resources of this earth in a sustainable way [1]. If we continue to produce in the same way as we have since the start of modern agriculture, the soil will be exhausted and then it will be impossible to produce food, resources for shelter, and other products that are necessary to sustain human health, safety, and welfare. It is, therefore, necessary to look well at how we use this earth and its resources, if we do not want to get ourselves (further) into trouble.

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