Land Drainage the topic of the papers presented for seminar in the EC programme of coordination of research on land use and rural resources, held in Cambridge, UK, on the 27-31 July 1981.
Preface Session
1. Drainage and reclamation o f soils with low
permeability, The distribution and properties of British soils in relation to
land drainage, Some relationships of drainage problems in Ireland to solid
and glacial geology, geomorphology and soil types, French heavy soils:
Characterisation and cartography in relation to drainage, Drainage of heavy
clay soils, Structural behaviour of heavy soils and drainage systems, The
drainage of impermeable soils, Session
2. Monetary aspects and planning of
drainage, The evaluation of measures to improve water management in land
consolidation in the Netherlands, Drainage and farm economics, A model
approach to the evaluation of drainage effects, Land drainage and some
implications for farm incomes, Session
3. Drainage in problem areas, The
drainage of peatlands in Scotland, Artesian water drainage in relation to
drainage in Denmark, Improving the permeability of heavy soils by subsoiling,
Some aspects of sedimentation and clogging in heavy soils, Problems of pipe
drainage in Italy, Session
4. Research and development, A new approach in
research into drainage materials, Potential for mole drainage as drainage
technique on heavy soils, Drainage research for better drainage efficiency,
Situation report on land drainage in Germany, The drainage requirements of
crops in southern Italy in relation to irrigation, Session
5. Field visits,
The work of the Field Drainage Experimental Unit, Introduction to
Trumpington, Crop growth in drainage experiments in the field and lysimeters
in the UK Session
6. Discussion of current and future activities Introduction
and working papers, General discussion, List of participants.
M.J. Gardiner, Kinsealy Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland.