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Title Canals and communities : small-scale irrigation systems / edited by Jonathan B. Mabry.

Publication Info. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series Arizona studies in human ecology
Arizona studies in human ecology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Includes material on irrigation in Mexico, Somalia, Morocco, the Andes, Bali, Cape Verde, Iran, and Sri Lanka.
Contents Utility of tradition in Sri Lankan bureaucratic irrigation: the case of the Kirindi Oya project / Pamela C. Stanbury -- Relevance of indigenous irrigation: a comparative analysis of sustainability / Jonathan B. Mabry, David A. Cleveland.
Ethnology of local irrigation / Jonathan B. Mabry -- La gente es muy perra: conflict and cooperation over irrigation water in Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico / Thomas E. Sheridan -- Dhasheeg agriculture in Jubba valley, Somalia / Catherine Besteman -- Dry and the drier: cooperation and conflict in Moroccan irrigation / John R. Welch -- Political ecology of irrigation in an Andean peasant community / Paul H. Gelles -- Rapid rural appraisal of arid land irrigation: a Moroccan example / John R. Welch, Jonathan B. Mabry, Hsain Ilahiane -- Simulation modeling of Balinese irrigation / J. Stephen Lansing -- Institutional innovation in small-scale irrigation networks: a Cape Verdean case / Mark W. Langworthy, Timothy J. Finan -- Qanats and rural societies: sustainable agriculture and irrigation cultures in contemporary Iran / Michael E. Bonine.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Irrigation water -- Developing countries -- Management -- Congresses.
Irrigation water.
Developing countries.
Management.
Water-supply, Agricultural -- Developing countries -- Management -- Congresses.
Water rights -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Water rights.
Water-supply, Agricultural.
48.34 irrigation, drainage.
Irrigation water -- Management.
Water-supply, Agricultural -- Management.
Eau d'irrigation -- Pays en voie de développement -- Congrès.
Approvisionnement agricole en eau -- Pays en voie de développement -- Congrès.
Eau -- Droit -- Pays en voie de développement -- Congrès.
Tucson <Ariz., 1990>.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Mabry, Jonathan B., 1961-
Other Form: Print version: Canals and communities. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1996 (DLC) 96009958 (OCoLC)34243050
ISBN 9780816548927 (electronic book)
0816548927 (electronic book)
0816515921 (acid-free paper)
9780816515929 (acid-free paper)