Volume 1.Part I: Irrigation Hydrology. 1. Irrigation Hydrology: Landscape, Scales and Social Context. Mark E. Grismer and Saeid Eslamian. 2. Infiltration and Irrigation Management. Mohammad Mahdi Dorafshan and Saeid Eslamian. 3. Movement of Water in Soil. Sushant Mehan and Saeid Eslamian. Part II: Evapotranspiration and Water Requirements. 4. An Introduction to Soil-Water-Plant Relationship. Mahbub Hasan and Saeid Eslamian. 5. Plant Evapotranspiration-Concepts and Problems. Parth J. Kapupara, Saeid Eslamian, and Mousa Maleki. 6. Plant Water Requirements and Evapotranspiration. Monzur A. Imteaz and Mobushir Khan. Part III: Environmental and Economical Impacts. 7. Environmental Impacts of Irrigation. Nathaniel Nwogwu, Oluwaseyi A. Ajala, Ifeoluwa F. Omotade, Toju E. Babalola, Temitope F. Ajibade, Kayode H. Lasisi, Bashir Adelodun, and Fidelis O. Ajibade. 8. Environmental Impact Assessment of Irrigation. Never Mujere and Nelson Chanza. 9. Economic Viability of Irrigation Techniques. Patricia Angélica A. Marques, Catariny Cabral Aleman, and Saeid Eslamian. Part IV: Earth and Satellite Measurements for Irrigation. 10. Irrigation Water Measurement. Mir Bintul Huda and Nasir Ahmad Rather. 11. Irrigation and Agrometeorology: Innovative Remote Sensing Applications in Crop Monitoring. Nicolas R. Dalezios, Nicholas Dercas, Ioannis N. Faraslis, Marios Spiliotopoulos, Pantelis Sidiropoulos, Stavros Sakellariou, and Saeid Eslamian. Part V: Irrigation Water Quality Issues. 12. Irrigation with Reclaimed Municipal Wastewater: Opportunity or Risks. Tamer A. Salem, Ahmad Aboueloun Taha, Nashwa A. Fetian, Saeid Eslamian, and Nabil I. Elsheery. 13. Microbiology of Irrigation Water. T.C. Crusberg and Saeid Eslamian. 14. Phosphate and Nitrate Management in Irrigation Water. Alessia Corami and Saeid Eslamian. 15. Use of Typha Latifolia as a Tool for Biomonitoring of Domestic Effluents: Biochemical and Biomarkers Study. Nedjma Mamine, Fadila Khaldi, Nedjoud Grara, and Saeid Eslamian. Part VI: Water Harvesting for Irrigation. 16. Surface Runoff Water Harvesting for Irrigation. Saeid Eslamian, Hosein Roknizadeh, Mousa Maleki, and Jahanghir Abedi Koupai. 17. Water Harvesting for Rainfed Farming. Adebayo Oluwole Eludoyin, Adedayo Oreoluwa Adewole, Mayowa Oyinloye, and Saeid Eslamian. 18. Optimization of Reservoir Operation for Irrigation. Laheab Abbas Al-Maliki, Sohaib Kareem Al-Mamoori, Khaled El-Tawil, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Fadi G. Comair, and Saeid Eslamian. 19. Reducing Nitrate Leaching and Increasing Nitrogen Use Efficiency by Applying Nano-Fertilizers. Mehdi Jovzi, Hamid Zare Abyaneh, Maryam Bayat Varkeshi, and Saeid Eslamian. Volume 2. Part I: Solutions for Water Scarcity and Soil Salinity in Irrigation. 1. Deficit Irrigation: a Solution for Water Scarcity Conditions? Jie Liu, Zhenhua Wei, Fulai Liu. 2. Irrigation Assessment: Efficiency and Uniformity. Patricia Angélica Alves Marques, Verônica Gaspar Martins Leite de Melo, José Antônio Frizzone, and Antonio Pires de Camargo. Part II: Surface Irrigation. 3. Canal Irrigation. Qin Qian and Saeid Eslamian. 4. Ditch and Furrow Irrigation. Abebech A. Beyene and Saeid Eslamian. 5. Level Basin Irrigation. Nasrin Azad, Javad Behmanesh, Vahid Rezaverdinejad, and Saeid Eslamian. Part III: Pressure Irrigation. 6. Sprinkler Irrigation Systems. Neil A. Coles, Mark R. Rivers, and Saeid Eslamian. 7. Mini-Bubbler Irrigation. Raneesh K. Y. and Saeid Eslamian. 8. Measured Irrigation. Bernie Omodei. Part VI: Subsurface Irrigation. 9. Qanat Irrigation Systems. Naser Valizadeh, Dariush Hayati, Hamid Karimi, Saeid Eslamian, and Mohammad Mohammadzadeh. 10. Subsurface Drainage/Irrigation System in Paddy Fields. Shuichiro Yoshida. 11. Picher Irrigation as a Viable Tool of Enhancing Nutrition and Livelihood of Small Scale Farmers. Jari S., Rimi T. A., Nabinta R. T., and Saeid Eslamian. 12. Pot Irrigation. Hamideh Faridi and Ghasem Zarei. Part V: Smart Irrigation. 13. Automation and Smart Irrigation. Sajjad Roshandel and Saeid Eslamian. 14. Intelligent Irrigation and Automation. Hamideh Faridi, Babak Ghoreishi, and Hamidreza Faridi. 15. Smart Irrigation in Urban Development using Treated Wastewater Irrigation System and Management. Leonor Rodríguez-Sinobas, Freddy Canales-Ide, and Sergio Zubelzu. Part VI: Water Pumps for Irrigation. 16. Water Pumps for Irrigation: an Introduction. Saeid Eslamian and Mousa Maleki. 17. Pumps for Irrigation Systems. Mahbub Hasan, Aschalew Kassu, and Saeid Eslamian. 18. Inverted Siphon Implementation Method in Karun River for Farm Water. Faramarz Ghalambaz and Saeid Eslamian. Volume 3. Part I: Australian Experiences. 1. Irrigation Developments in Australia: Historical Development of Irrigation. Neil A. Coles and Jeff Camkin. 2. Irrigation Developments in Australia: Irrigation and Agricultural Production. Neil A. Coles and Jeff Camkin. 3. Optimisation of Twinged Stormwater Storage for Golf Course Irrigation: a Case Study in Sydney. Monzur A. Imteaz, Abdallah Shanableh, and Md. Maniruzzaman Bin A.Aziz. Part II: African Case Studies. 4. Deficit Irrigation: A Review from Ethiopia. Desale Kidane Asmamaw, Mekete Desse, Seifu Admasu, Enyew Adgo, J. Nyssen, K. Walraevens , P. Janssens, and W.M. Cornelis. 5. Investigating the Working Hydraulic Conditions of Gezira two Main Canals in Sudan. Ageel I. Bushara, Younis A. Gismalla, AbdelNassir Osman, Y. Mohamed, Ruaa A. Nasreldeen, and Saeid Eslamian. 6. Plant Water Requirements and Evapotranspiration. Never Mujere and Rajendra Kumar Isaac. 7. Irrigation Practices in Moderately Warm Arid Areas of Sub-Sahara Africa.Nkem J. Nwosu, Saurau O. Oshunsanya, and Saeid Eslamian. 8. Choosing the Proper Irrigation Technique in Temperate Semi-Arid Zones. Mahmoud Abdellaoui. Part III: Chinese Irrigation History. 9. History of Irrigation in China: Schedule and Method Development. Wenzhi Zeng, Chang Ao, and Guoqing Lei. 10. History of Irrigation in China: Legislations and Farmer’s Incentives. Muhammad Touseef, Lihua Chen, and Saeid Eslamian. Part IV: American and Europe Irrigation Developments. 11. Irrigation Water Use in the USA. R. Deepa, S. Sundaram, and Saeid Eslamian. 12. Irrigation Developments in Brazil. Timóteo Herculino da Silva Barros, Jonathan Vasquez Lizcano, Cassio Hamilton Abreu-Junior, Rubens Duarte Coelho and Flávia Rosana Barros da Silva. 13. Irrigation Management in Romania. Rares Hălbac-Cotoară-Zamfir, Luca Salvati, and Saeid Eslamian. Part V. Water Scarcity and Irrigation in India. 14. Water Resources and Irrigation Practices of Contemporary India. Shovan K. Saha, Achintya Kumar Sen Gupta, Rina Surana, Saeid Eslamian, and Prerna Jasuja. 15. Water Scarcity in India-An Evaluation prior to Independence. Shovan K. Saha, Achintya Kumar Sen Gupta, Rina Surana, Saeid Eslamian, and Prerna Jasuja. 16. Water Scarcity in India: Irrigation Practices. Bhasker Vijaykumar Bhatt and Neerajkumar D. Sharma. Part VI: Middle East Irrigation and Deficit Irrigation. 17. Middle East and Origin of Irrigation. Ahmed Hayaty Elshaikh and Saeid Eslamian. 18. Deficit Irrigation and Partial Root-Zone Drying Irrigation System in an Arid Area. Abdulrasoul M. Al-Omran, Ibrahim Louki, and Arafat Alkhasha. 19. Paradigms Shaping the Adoption of Irrigation Technologies in Ghana. Amankwaa-Yeboah P., Yeboah S., Osei G., Amponsah W., Malimanga A. R., Laboan M. B., Adu-Dankwa E. S., and Dodd I. C. 20. Over-Irrigation and Adverse Effects in Aral Sea Basin. Yuri Nikolskii and Ivan Aidarov._