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Water Distribution of Traditional Karez Irrigation Systems in Afghanistan

Irrigation and Drainage, 2015
AbstractRealizing the importance of Karez irrigation systems, field research was conducted in the district of Khwaja Omari of Ghazni (Afghanistan) to assess traditional water management practices in three selected Karez irrigation systems. In the Karez irrigation system, an informal water users’ association performs the function of water allocation ...
M. J. Khan   +3 more
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Identifying the resilience of traditional water system to droughts in Sri Lanka

2023
The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023)
Wickramasinghe, R., Nakamura, S.
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Characterization of mortars from ancient and traditional water supply systems in Sicily

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2008
Long aged mortars from ancient hydraulic constructions of Sicily, i.e. the Roman aqueduct of Thermae and the Punic cisterns and traditional water supply systems in Pantelleria, have been characterised by means of XRD analysis, optical microscopy and simultaneous thermal analysis to correlate the hydraulic properties to the texture and to their ...
RIZZO, Giovanni   +3 more
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Management of traditional water system and their conservation in North Eastern Region through local traditional wisdom

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2019
The North Eastern Region covers seven states of India and also called as ‘Land of the Seven Sisters’. North Eastern Region is bounded between North Latitudes 21° 57’ & 29° 28’ and East Longitudes 89° 40’ & 97° 25’ with the geographical area of 2.55 lakh sq.km [10]. Hill ranges occupy about 70% of the total geographical area.
Anil Kumar, A. K. Madhukar
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Transforming tradition: The aflaj and changing role of traditional knowledge systems for collective water management

Journal of Arid Environments, 2018
Abstract Living in a harsh, desert climate, Omani rural communities have developed locally-appropriate knowledge to deal with water scarcity. Similar to the qanat, the aflaj taps into the natural water table and uses a gravity system to channel water through underground channels to villages.
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Water control systems and the traditional festival at Miyawaki, on the Seto Inland Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1991
Abstract Miyawaki, a village facing on enclosed coastal sea, holds an annual festival including fascinating folk-art performances. The pleasure of this festival has brought forth a strong self-organization that has succeeded in overcoming the difficulty of water distribution. This report describes a skillfull employed mechanism of control by means of
Tsutomu Oohashi, Masafumi Kono
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Traditional systems of drinking water delivery

2022
Raziyeh Farmani, Chris Sweetapple
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Utilization of traditional water supply systems as a solution for water shortages on Croatian islands

2015
The Croatian archipelago consists of 1246 islands, islets and rocks, with only 47 islands permanently inhabited. Total population of the inhabited islands is 125.000 which is a mere 3% of the total Croatian population. The islands’ traditional agriculture-based economy was transformed during the second half of the 20th century due to a growth of mass ...
Vukosav, Branimir, Lončarić, Robert
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