The History Of Water Management In The Iberian Peninsula

Author : Ana Duarte Rodrigues,Carmen Toribio Marín
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030340612

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The History of Water Management in the Iberian Peninsula by Ana Duarte Rodrigues,Carmen Toribio Marín Pdf

This volume approaches the history of water in the Iberian Peninsula in a novel way, by linking it to the ongoing international debate on water crisis and solutions to overcome the lack of water in the Mediterranean. What water devices were found? What were the models for these devices? How were they distributed in the villas and monastic enclosures? What impact did hydraulic theoretical knowledge have on these water systems, and how could these systems impact on hydraulic technology? Guided by these questions, this book covers the history of water in the most significant cities, the role of water in landscape transformation, the irrigation systems and water devices in gardens and villas, and, lastly, the theoretical and educational background on water management and hydraulics in the Iberian Peninsula between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Historiography on water management in the territory that is today Spain has highlighted the region’s role as a mediator between the Islamic masters of water and the Christian world. The history of water in Portugal is less known, and it has been taken for granted that is similar to its neighbour. This book compares two countries that have the same historical roots and, therefore, many similar stories, but at the same time, offers insights into particular aspects of each country. It is recommended for scholars and researchers interested in any field of history of the early modern period and of the nineteenth century, as well as general readers interested in studies on the Iberian Peninsula, since it was the role model for many settlements in South America, Asia and Africa.

Author : Giacomo Bonan,Katia Occhi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111112756

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Environment and Infrastructure by Giacomo Bonan,Katia Occhi Pdf

The material and energy flows that characterized the metabolism of preindustrial and industrial societies were organized through complex infrastructures based on interwoven social and natural elements. Analyzing infrastructures from many methodological and thematic perspectives, the present volume adopts an extensive periodization to identify the undeniable changes caused by industrialization and the persistence of pre-existing features and dynamics. The contributions range from the late Middle Ages to the 1990s and deepen historical characteristics of urban metabolism, the study of energy systems and their transitions, and the management and control of water resources. These reveal the strategies societies and states adopted to transform and adapt their surrounding environment in a constant and challenging equilibrium of diverse interests, whose impact over time has had environmental consequences on a global scale.

Author : International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. European Regional Conference
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Drainage
ISBN : 9783833424632

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Integrated Land and Water Resources Management in History by International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. European Regional Conference Pdf

Author : Uli Uhlig
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789533074139

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Current Issues of Water Management by Uli Uhlig Pdf

There is an estimated 1.4 billion km3 of water in the world but only approximately three percent (39 million km3) of it is available as fresh water. Moreover, most of this fresh water is found as ice in the arctic regions, deep groundwater or atmospheric water. Since water is the source of life and essential for all life on the planet, the use of this resource is a highly important issue. "Water management" is the general term used to describe all the activities that manage the optimum use of the world's water resources. However, only a few percent of the fresh water available can be subjected to water management. It is still an enormous amount, but what's unique about water is that unlike other resources, it is irreplaceable. This book provides a general overview of various topics within water management from all over the world. The topics range from politics, current models for water resource management of rivers and reservoirs to issues related to agriculture. Water quality problems, the development of water demand and water pricing are also addressed. The collection of contributions from outstanding scientists and experts provides detailed information about different topics and gives a general overview of the current issues in water management. The book covers a wide range of current issues, reflecting on current problems and demonstrating the complexity of water management.

Author : Mohammad Gharipour,Anatole Tchikine
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811978517

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Salutogenic Urbanism by Mohammad Gharipour,Anatole Tchikine Pdf

This book offers a new, salutogenic, perspective on the development of early modern cities by exploring profound and complex ways in which architecture and landscape design served to promote public health on an urban scale. Focusing on fifteenth- through nineteenth-century Europe, it addresses the histories of spaces and institutions that supported salubrious living, highlighting the intersections of medical theory, government policy, and architectural practice in designing, improving, and monumentalizing the infrastructure of sanitation and healthcare. Studies in this book highlight the joint role of design thinking and scientific practice in reforming the facilities for treating and preventing disease; the impact of cross-cultural exchange on early modern strategies of urban improvement; and the creation of new therapeutic environments through state, communal, and private initiatives concerned with the preservation of physical and mental health, from recreational landscapes to spa resorts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Saline water conversion
ISBN : 9781848264199

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HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES - Volume I by Anonim Pdf

These volumes are part of Encyclopedia of Water Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The two volumes present state-of-the art subject matter of various aspects of History, Development and Management of Water Resources These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy and Decision Makers.

Author : Andreas N. Angelakis,Larry W. Mays,Demetris Koutsoyiannis,Nikos Mamassis
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781843395409

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Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia by Andreas N. Angelakis,Larry W. Mays,Demetris Koutsoyiannis,Nikos Mamassis Pdf

Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia presents the major achievements in the scientific fields of water supply technologies and management throughout the millennia. It provides valuable insights into ancient water supply technologies with their apparent characteristics of durability, adaptability to the environment, and sustainability. A comparison of the water technological developments in several civilizations is undertaken. These technologies are the underpinning of modern achievements in water engineering and management practices. It is the best proof that “the past is the key for the future.” Rapid technological progress in the twentieth century created a disregard for past water technologies that were considered to be far behind the present ones. There are a great deal of unresolved problems related to the management principles, such as the decentralization of the processes, the durability of the water projects, the cost effectiveness, and sustainability issues such as protection from floods and droughts. In the developing world, such problems were intensified to an unprecedented degree. Moreover, new problems have arisen such as the contamination of surface and groundwater. Naturally, intensification of unresolved problems led societies to revisit the past and to reinvestigate the successful past achievements. To their surprise, those who attempted this retrospect, based on archaeological, historical, and technical evidence were impressed by two things: the similarity of principles with present ones and the advanced level of water engineering and management practices. Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia is intended for engineers in water resources companies, hydraulic design companies, and water Institutes. It can be used for all courses related to water resources. Authors: Andreas N. Angelakis, Institute of Iraklion, National Foundation for Agricultural Research (N.AG.RE.F.), Greece, Larry W. Mays, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, USA, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Nikos Manassis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

Author : W.W. Wood,A.S. Alsharhan
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080543685

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Water Resources Perspectives: Evaluation, Management and Policy by W.W. Wood,A.S. Alsharhan Pdf

Many countries in the world have made great efforts, to remedy the water shortage, by providing financial and technical backing, for water desalination, treatment of wastewater and improved management and conservation techniques. Water ministries, universities and research centres have supported scientific research, and applied the most recent technologies, in search of new and alternative water supplies. Laws have been promulgated, economic and public relation campaigns developed, to promote and encourage the practice of efficient water use and the conservation of this scarce commodity. This book covers water resources and management and provides a new vision of water resources management, water conservation and legislations, water law, and modern techniques of water resources investigation.

Author : John B. Thornes,John Wainwright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134729869

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Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean by John B. Thornes,John Wainwright Pdf

The Mediterranean has been subject to changing human settlement and land use patterns for millennia. This book reviews both physical and social aspects of this region, in relation to its environment.

Author : Enrique Cabrera
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203836736

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Water Engineering and Management through Time by Enrique Cabrera Pdf

Water Engineering and Management - Learning from History explores the pair technology / water use (an indivisible pair, since the first member of the binomial determines the second) which, in the light of the knowledge available in the 21st century and with a conception focused on the near future, goes beyond the limits set by nature itself. T

Author : Mark T. Abate
Publisher : Springer
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319964812

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Convivencia and Medieval Spain by Mark T. Abate Pdf

This volume is a collection of essays on medieval Spain, written by leading scholars on three continents, that celebrates the career of Thomas F. Glick. Using a wide array of innovative methodological approaches, these essays offer insights on areas of medieval Iberian history that have been of particular interest to Glick: irrigation, the history of science, and cross-cultural interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. By bringing together original research on topics ranging from water management and timekeeping to poetry and women’s history, this volume crosses disciplinary boundaries and reflects the wide-ranging, gap-bridging work of Glick himself, a pivotal figure in the historiography of medieval Spain.

Author : Graciela Schneier-Madanes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400773233

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Globalized Water by Graciela Schneier-Madanes Pdf

Globalized Water presents a compilation of voices that forms a unique scientific exploration of contemporary water management models and governance issues. The book describes the water paradox—how a local resource has become a global product—and the implications of this in how we identify challenges and make policy in the water sector. Over the last 20 years, the foundations of local and national water systems have been rocked by a wave of changes. The authors in this book, experts in a wide range of disciplines, address the resulting debates and issues: water as a commodity and patrimony, technological rent, liberalization and privatization, the continuing evolution of water management and policy at the European level, decision making and stakeholder participation, conflict and consensus, and the inevitable growth of counterpowers at the local and international levels, promoted by the advocates of sustainable development. The selected case studies are from Europe (primarily France but also Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Portugal), Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia), the United States, Lebanon, and India. From this diverse collection of comparative perspectives and research methods, Globalized Water seeks to advance interdisciplinary research, contributing to a new and dynamic role for social sciences and governance on water.

Author : Enrique Cabrera,R. Cobacho,Jay Lund
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439833834

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Regional Water System Management by Enrique Cabrera,R. Cobacho,Jay Lund Pdf

The spectacular industrial and economic development of the twentieth century was achieved at a considerable environmental cost. The increasingly precarious position of water, the most valuable of natural resources, reflects this trend. Today we have come to realise that concepts of sustainable development need to replace the antiquated belief that the environment in general, and natural resources in particular, are simply there for the taking. The responsible use of water, in which man profits from resources without endangering their future, should have precedence in any water policy. Regional Water System Management contains invited lectures presented by eminent authors to the international Seminar Regional Water Management. Water Conservation, Water Supply, Systems Integration held in Valencia (Spain) in 2002. The publication provides a general overview of basic water management principles for the twenty-first century and will be of interest to those studying water conservation, as well as professionals already in the field.

Author : Thomas V. Cech
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118790298

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Principles of Water Resources by Thomas V. Cech Pdf

Proper management of water resources can take many forms, and requires the knowledge and expertise to work at the intersection of mathematics, geology, biology, geography, meteorology, political science, and even psychology. This book provides an essential foundation in water management and development concepts and practices, dissecting complex topics into short, understandable explanations that spark true interest in the field. Approaching the study of water resources systematically, the discussion begins with historical perspective before moving on to physical processes, engineering, water chemistry, government regulation, environmental issues, global conflict, and more. Now in its fourth edition, this text provides the most current introduction to a field that is becoming ever more critical as climate change begins to threaten water supplies around the world. As geography, climate, population growth, and technology collide, effective resource management must include a comprehensive understanding of how these forces intermingle and come to life in the water so critical to us all.

Author : Katina T. Lillios
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107113343

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The Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula by Katina T. Lillios Pdf

One of the only guides to the prehistoric archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula that engages with key anthropological and archaeological debates.