| |
| DOI: | 10.13031/irrig.20152146644 |
|---|
| Web URL(s): | http://elibrary.asabe.org/azdez.asp?JID=1&AID=46465&CID=irr2015&T=1
Last checked: 10/12/2017
Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
http://elibrary.asabe.org/azdez.asp?JID=1&AID=46465&CID=irr2015&T=2
Last checked: 10/12/2017
Requires: PDF Reader
Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
|---|
| Publication Type:
| Proceedings |
|---|
| Author(s): | Connellan, Geoff;
Symes, Peter |
|---|
| Author Affiliation: | Connellan: G&M Connellan Consultants, Lower Plenty, Victoria, Australia; Symes: Senior Curator, Environmental Horticulture, Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Melbourne, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
|---|
| Title: | Soil moisture management to deliver productive and sustainable urban landscapes |
|---|
| Section: | Session 8 - Turf & landscape irrigation scheduling & management
Other records with the "Session 8 - Turf & landscape irrigation scheduling & management" Section
|
|---|
| Source: | 2015 ASABE/IA Irrigation Symposium: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation. 2015, p. 1-9. |
|---|
| Publishing Information: | [Falls Church, Virginia]: [Irrigation Association] |
|---|
| # of Pages: | 9 |
|---|
| Related Web URL: | http://elibrary.asabe.org/abstract.asp?aid=46465&t=3&dabs=Y&redir=&redirType=
Last checked: 10/12/2017
Notes: Abstract only |
|---|
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Case studies; Evapotranspiration rate; Facility profile; Greenspace; Irrigation efficiency; Soil moisture sensors; Sustainable land management; Technology; Urban habitat; Urban landscaping; Water management
|
|---|
| Facility Names: | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
|---|
| Abstract/Contents: | "The value of green space is increasingly being recognised as an essential contribution to the wellbeing and liveability of cities. In Australian cities, the obtaining of secure and suitable water supplies for sustainable irrigated landscape is a challenge. A number of successful water management strategies have been developed at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (RBG Melbourne) that are proving valuable for open space managers to better manage urban landscapes, including trees. The foundation of these strategies is the use of soil moisture monitoring, including: Determination of plant water demand using site specific Landscape Coefficients developed through the use of soil moisture data; Scheduling of irrigation to reflect the Evapotranspiration Stress Index (ETSI); Recharging of deep soil root layers to provide a reservoir for future tree water demand and Improved understanding of site hydrology including measurement of the effectiveness of precipitation and foliage interception by tree canopies. The RBG Melbourne has achieved high water use efficiency, with Irrigation Index values in the range of 1.0 to 1.1 and reductions in potable water use by 50-60%. Yet it has maintained very high landscape standards over the past decade. Irrigation scheduling has been improved through the development of site specific and monthly determined Landscape Coefficients, using soil moisture monitoring. The use of ETSI with a threshold value of 3 has further aided scheduling. Site harvested stormwater storage efficiency has been optimised through water banking in the post winter periods of 2013 and 2014 into the deeper root zones of trees. An overview of strategies and trials carried out at RBG Melbourne is presented." |
|---|
| Language: | English |
|---|
| References: | 12 |
|---|
| Note: | Tables
Graphs |
|---|
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Connellan, G., and P. Symes. 2015. Soil moisture management to deliver productive and sustainable urban landscapes. p. 1-9. In 2015 ASABE/IA Irrigation Symposium: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation. [Falls Church, Virginia]: [Irrigation Association]. |
| Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=290292 |
| If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 290292. |
| Choices for finding the above item: |
|---|
| DOI: 10.13031/irrig.20152146644 |
| Web URL(s):
http://elibrary.asabe.org/azdez.asp?JID=1&AID=46465&CID=irr2015&T=1
Last checked: 10/12/2017
Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website
http://elibrary.asabe.org/azdez.asp?JID=1&AID=46465&CID=irr2015&T=2
Last checked: 10/12/2017
Requires: PDF Reader
Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
| 
MSU catalog number: b9924931 |
| Find from within TIC:
Digitally in TIC by record number. |
| Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record) |
