Water Conservation Techniques in Traditional Human Settlements / Pietro Laureano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laureano, Pietro, author.

Series:

Copal Publishing in architectural conservation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water conservation.

Water and civilization.

Water-supply--History.

Water-supply.

Arid regions agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 326 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Copal Publishing Group, 2013.

Summary:

In this beautifully illustrated work, Pietro Laureano shares with us the fruits of more than a quarter of a century of careful observation of traditional knowledge and techniques applied to urban settlements and landscape resources management in all regions of the world. The book introduces us to very sophisticated, thousand-year-old, capacities developed by local communities and civilizations around the world, amongst which water harvesting techniques, recycling of organic wastes and used waters for soil fertility conservation or, in more general terms, the ecosystemic approach to town planning, are anything but new! The volume is also the most convincing illustration of the fact that, whereas modern technological solutions rely on separation and specialization and for most of the time imply the mobilization of external resources, traditional knowledge, which by its very nature applies the principle of integration and uses internal renewable inputs, has proved over time to be effective in the daily struggle of civilizations against adverse environments and, more recently, against desertification.

Notes:

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ISBN:

81-924733-3-3