Domestication of water: Management of water resources in the dry zone of Sri Lanka as living cultural heritage [PDF]
WIREs Water, Volume 10, Issue 4, July/August 2023., 2023 The water‐harvesting and management system in Sri Lanka's North central drylands is one of the oldest historically recorded systems in the world. The photograph shows the Bassawakulama wewa located west of Anuradhapura. Abstract In the dry zone of Sri Lanka, human‐made reservoirs (locally called tanks or wewas) have served for the collection, storage ...
Wiebke Bebermeier +3 more
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To cooperate or not to cooperate...? : collective action for rehabilitation of traditional water tunnel systems (qanats) in Syria [PDF]
, 2008 Communities all over the world are using traditional technologies to extract drinkingwater, irrigate their lands and feed their livestock. But these often sustainable and ancient ways to make use of groundwater are in rapid decline worldwide. A research project started in 1999 to study the rehabilitation of 1500-year old water tunnels called "qanats"in
Wessels, J.I.
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Al‐Azhar and the Salafis in Egypt: Contestation of two traditions
, 2023 The Muslim World, Volume 113, Issue 3, Page 260-280, Summer 2023.
Raihan Ismail
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Drinking water quality assessment and governance in Kabul: A case study from a district with high migration and underdeveloped infrastructure [PDF]
, 2020 The main aim of this paper is to analyze the characteristics of the drinking water quality in Kabul city and identify its suitability for drinking. During the work, a total of 60 water samples were collected from four drinking water sources (qanat, open ...
Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid +3 more
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From traditional to modern water management systems; reflection on the evolution of a ‘water ethic’ in semi-arid Morocco [PDF]
, 2011 The chapter focuses on water because of the crucial importance of that resource in a semiarid country and because the ways in which it has been managed throughout centuries illustrate the changes in socio-political structures in the society. The focus on
Simon, Sandrine
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The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Rome
, 2020 Groundwater, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page 152-161, January/February 2020.
by David Deming
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When the Modifications Made to the Foggara Disturb the Environment [PDF]
, 2021 This paper examines, for the first time, the consequences of modifications to the Foggara system on the environment. During our work and research missions carried out in the oases of Touat, Gourara and Tidikelt during the last 20 years (period 2000–2020),
Ghachi, Nourad +2 more
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20,000 years of societal vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in southwest Asia
WIREs Water, Volume 6, Issue 2, March/April 2019., 2019 We discuss the impact of a changing regional hydroscape (pictured) on the proxy archives and people of southwest Asia over the last 20,000 years. The Fertile Crescent, its hilly flanks and surrounding drylands has been a critical region for studying how climate has influenced societal change, and this review focuses on the region over the last 20,000 ...
Matthew D. Jones +23 more
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Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction in Iran: Lessons and ‘‘Lessons Learned’’ from Three Large EarthquakeDisasters—Tabas 1978, Rudbar 1990, and Bam 2003 [PDF]
, 2015 This article addresses three large earthquake disasters in Iran: Tabas in 1978, Rudbar in 1990, and Bam in 2003. Lessons and "Lessons Learned" from these three earthquake disasters were investigated together with their contributions over time towards ...
Ibrion, Mihaela +2 more
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2020 Background A substantial number of clinical studies have demonstrated the functional recovery induced by the use of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in patients after stroke.
Zhongfei Bai +5 more
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