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An Outlook Over Smart Irrigation System for Sustainable Rural Development

An Outlook Over Smart Irrigation System for Sustainable Rural Development

R. Muthuminal (SNS College of Technology, India) and R. Mohana Priya (SNS College of Technology, India)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6418-2.ch008
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Abstract

The process of applying water to the soil artificially by means of systems such as pumps, tubes, sprays, pipes is called irrigation. As irrigation plays a vital role in the growth of plants or cultivating species to satisfy the basic needs of human beings, it is necessary to manage it in a proper way. Usually, irrigation is done at the regions which are subjected to irregular rain or dry or drought prone areas in order to manage the crop yield along with the consideration of quality. Since the mode of applying the water in a uniform manner is the main task in irrigation, several irrigation systems are adopted. The growth of the agricultural crops, maintaining landscapes, reducing weeds, and also to regenerate the disturbed soils in dry areas or also during the season of less rainfall are dependent on irrigation for their prosperity. Hence, in this chapter, the authors detail the background of irrigation, how it impacts the crop yield and demand, smart technologies available, growth analysis, and intelligent and smart irrigation systems with its benefits and necessities.
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Smart City

The smart cities mission was launched on June 25, 2015 to increase the growth economic growth of the country. This can be done by implementing the sustainable development model. There are a few strategies to achieve smart cities. They are the development of cities, based on a three-fold model: 1. Retrofitting 2. Redevelopment 3. Greenfield. A smart city is a project where different types of technologies are implemented to make the city more sustainable, and habitual and also helpful in reducing the climatic footprints through innovation. United Nations estimates that in the upcoming years that is between 2015-2050 world population is going to increase by 32% which means from 7.2-9.7 billion inhabitants, the urban population will increase by 63% from 3.9 to 6.3 billion. The current estimations are suggesting that by 2030 over 60%of the world’s population will live in cities and the significant growth will be in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Smart city leads to urbanization. Urbanization becomes inevitable due to the migration of a huge number of populations from rural areas to urban areas hoping for a better life i.e for jobs, education, medical care, access to culture etc. in 2050, India will reach 1.7 billion inhabitants with its mega-cities Mumbai, and New Delhi. The increases in urbanization will result in evolving smart cities. The characterization of a smart city is shown in Figure 1

Figure 1.

Smart city

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