Canals and Communities
Small-Scale Irrigation Systems (Arizona Studies in Human Ecology)
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Word Count
68,250 words, Guess
Page Count
273 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8069406M
- ISBN-139780816515929
- ISBN-100816515921
- OCLC Control Number34243050
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_0816515921
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number96009958
- Goodreads2808370
Classifications
- LCCHD1741.D44 C36 1996
Description
This book presents case studies and comparative essays about local institutions for managing water resources. Drawn from around the globe, the cases clearly demonstrate that "indigenous" irrigation is often more sustainable, cost-effective, and flexible than has been generally believed. The contributors discuss a wide range of environments, cultural traditions, and historical contexts in which such systems operate, maintaining a common focus on incentives for cooperation, operational rules, collective-choice arrangements, principles of allocation, and conflict-resolution mechanisms. Canals and Communities can serve as a sourcebook for social scientists and development planners investigating the cultural ecology of irrigated agriculture, the ethnology of cooperative social formations, the politics of collective-resource institutions, and the sociology of rural development. The book also provides examples and generalizations about the cross-cultural characteristics of sustainable water resource management and intensive agriculture.
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