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- Title: Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present
- Author : Mark Altaweel & Yijie Zhuang
- Release Date : January 26, 2018
- Genre: Archaeology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,Anthropology,Professional & Technical,Engineering,Environmental Engineering,Science & Nature,Environment,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 19915 KB
Description
Today our
societies face great challenges with water, in terms of both quantity and
quality, but many of these challenges have already existed in the past. Focusing
on Asia, Water Societies and Technologies
from the Past and Present seeks
to highlight the issues that emerge or re-emerge across different societies and
periods, and asks what they can tell us about water sustainability. Incorporating
cutting-edge research and pioneering field surveys on past and present water
management practices, the interdisciplinary contributors together identify how
societies managed water resource challenges and utilized water in ways that
allowed them to evolve, persist, or drastically alter their environment.
The case
studies, from different periods, ancient and modern, and from different
regions, including the Indus Basin, the Yangtze River, the Mesopotamian floodplain, the
early Islamic city of Sultan Kala in Turkmenistan, and ancient Korea, offer
crucial empirical data to readers interested in comparing the dynamics of water
management practices across time and space, and to those who wish to understand
water-related issues through conceptual and quantitative models of water use. The
case studies also challenge classical theories on water management and social
evolution, examine and establish the deep historical roots and ecological
foundations of water sustainability issues, and contribute new grounds for
innovations in sustainable urban planning and ecological resilience.
Praise for Water Societies and Technologies From the Past and Present
'Incorporating research and field surveys on past and present water management practices, the interdisciplinary contributors to this book together identify how societies managed water resource challenges and used water in ways that allowed them to evolve, persist, or drastically alter their environment.'
AWWA, American Water Works Association