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Characterization of mortars from ancient and traditional water supply systems in Sicily
Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2008Long 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 ...
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Identifying the resilience of traditional water system to droughts in Sri Lanka
2023The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023)
Wickramasinghe, R., Nakamura, S.
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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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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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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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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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Traditional systems of drinking water delivery
2022Raziyeh Farmani, Chris Sweetapple
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Water control systems and the traditional festival at Miyawaki, on the Seto Inland Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1991Abstract 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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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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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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Stepwells: Reviving India’s Cultural and Traditional Water Storage Systems
2019Water has been foreseen to be the cause of the next great global crisis. India has 18% of the world population but only 4% of the world’s water resources. This brings us to the important issue that India may lack overall long-term availability of replenish-able water resources. India is characterized by diverse ecological and cultural regions inhabited
Piplani, Meenakshi, Kumar, Tarun
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International Journal of Reviews and Research in Social Sciences
Water is the universally accepted mantra of life, which is becoming more effective in the present times. In modern life, per capita water consumption is increasing rapidly, water is being used indiscriminately in industries, due to the changed lifestyle in the present times, water consumption per person has increased manifold, then there is a need to ...
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Water is the universally accepted mantra of life, which is becoming more effective in the present times. In modern life, per capita water consumption is increasing rapidly, water is being used indiscriminately in industries, due to the changed lifestyle in the present times, water consumption per person has increased manifold, then there is a need to ...
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Traditional Water Management System for Climate Change Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystems
2017The physical characteristics and geographical isolation of mountain ecosystems in Himachal Pradesh has contributed towards a practice of cooperation and development of traditional knowledge among local communities. Over the centuries these traditional knowledge has been used to manage resource scarcities and adapt to vulnerabilities by the local ...
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