Making a virtue of necessity – wastewater irrigation in a periurban area near Faisalabad, Pakistan [Elektronische Ressource] : a GIS based analysis of long-term effects on agriculture / by Philipp Weckenbrock

Making a virtue of necessity – wastewater irrigation in a periurban area near Faisalabad, Pakistan A GIS based analysis of long-term effects on agriculture Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree Doctor rer. nat. of the Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany By Philipp Weckenbrock Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany 2010 Dean: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gero Becker First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Glaser Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Axel Drescher Date of thesis' defence: 08 December 2010 Table of contents Table of contents .................................................................................................................... i Figures ................................................................................................................................... v Tables..................................................................................................................................viii Acknowledgements ix Zusammenfassung .................................................................................................................x Abstract................................................................................................................................. xi Acronyms......xii Urdu and Punjabi terms .................................................