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Irrigation infrastructure development in the Limarí Basin in Central Chile: implications for adaptation to climate variability and climate change

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: One option to deal with climate variability in agriculture is to build irrigation infrastructure, although this may lead to the overdevelopment of water resources, leading to ‘basin closure’. The Limarí Basin, in central north Chile, has relied on irrigation infrastructure over the last 30 years to increase water supply reliability and extend irrigated acreage, especially for permanent crops. This situation has reduced adaptation opportunities in the basin, which is currently experiencing a severe drought that, according to climate change projections, is expected to persist in the future, with important consequences for the sustainability of agriculture production.

Source: Water International

DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2014.945068

Authors: S. Vicuna, P. Alvarez, O. Melo, L. Dale, F. Meza

Institutions: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, University of La Serena, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Water resources management and optimization

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Clean water and sanitation, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2002997091

FWCI: 1.603

Cites: 25

Cited by: 49

Related to: 9