Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present : Resilience, Decline, and Revival / edited by Federica Sulas and Innocent Pikirayi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sulas, Federica, editor.

Pikirayi, Innocent, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water and civilization.

Water-supply--Social aspects--History.

Water-supply.

Water resources development--Social aspects--History.

Water resources development.

Water-supply engineering--Social aspects--History.

Water-supply engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

As water availability, management and conservation become global challenges, there is now wide consensus that historical knowledge can provide crucial information to address presentcrises, offering unique opportunities to appreciate the solutions and mechanisms societies have developed over time to deal with water in allits forms, from rainfall to groundwater.This unique collection exploreshow ancient water systems relate to present ideas of resilience and sustainability and can inform future strategy.Through an investigation ofhistoric water management systems,along with theresponses to, and impact of, various water-driven catastrophes, contributors to this volume present tenable solutions for the long-term use of water resources in different parts of the world.The discussion is not limited to issues of the past, seeking instead to address the resonance and legacy of water histories in the present and future.Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present speaks to an archaeological and non-archaeological scholarly audience and will be a useful primary reference text for researchers and graduate students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds including archaeology, anthropology, history, ecology, geography, geology, architecture and development studies.

Contents:

Sustaining freshwater security and community wealth: Diversity and change in the Pre-Columbian Maya Lowlands / by Christian Isendahl, Lisa J. Lucero and Scott Heckbert

Archaeological identification of human sensitivity to drought / by Scott E. Ingram

Water and risks in marginal landscapes of Anatolia / by Bülent Arikan

Water management and irrigation systems in Medieval Mediterranean / by José Ma Martín Civantos

The tale the river tells: Floodplains, climate change, and archaeology in West Africa / by Peter R. Coutros

Water and large-scale societies in Southern Zambezia, 900-1900 AD / by Innocent Pikirayi

Traditions of water in the highlands of the Northern Horn of Africa / by Federica Sulas

Managing water and land at the Amazon River estuary: From Pre-Columbian times to the present / by Denise Pahl Schaan and Eliana Teles Rodrigues

Ancient water management in Southern Arabia: Creativity, resilience, and sustainability in Yemen and Oman / by Michael J. Harrower and Smiti Nathan

Qanats of Iran: Sustainable water supply system / by Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi and Majid Labbaf Khaneiki

Angkor, food production, water management and climate change: The trajectory of urbanism in S.E. Asia to the mid-2nd millennium AD / by Roland Fletcher

Hydraulic complexities: Collapse and resilience in Sri Lanka / by Keir M. Strickland, Robin Coningham, Prishanta Gunawardhana and Ian Simpson

Historic water systems in India: Relevance for sustainable development of significant cultural landscapes / by Anuradha Chaturvedi

Historic water systems, urban growth, and resilience in American cities / by Martin V. Melosi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781317197386

1317197380

9781317197379

1317197372

9781315560144

1315560143

OCLC:

1049150040