Overview

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 qanatsin Syria. To Cooperate or not to Cooperate...? discusses results and outcomes of this research project.The main objective of this research is to better understand the proces of collective maintenance of these ancient water tunnels. The study evaluates the social, cultural, political and environmental factors that have driven abandonment and decay of qanats in Syria. It tries to reconcile divers theoretical and conceptual frameworks to study collective action with a human ecosystem approach and develop one with a stronger anthropological reference.

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Author:   Joshka Wessels
Publisher:   Pallas Publications
Imprint:   Pallas Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.677kg
ISBN:  

9789056295189

ISBN 10:   9056295187
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   15 April 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

To Cooperate or not to Cooperate...? - 2 Table of Contents - 8 List of figures - 13 List of tables - 14 List of maps - 15 Glossary of Local Terms1 - 16 Acknowledgements - 19 Chapter 1 Introduction - 24 Chapter 2 Collective action for community water management, a human ecosystem approach - 38 Chapter 3 Research Framework - 81 Chapter 4 Groundwater and qanats in Syria - 95 Chapter 5 Shallalah Saghirah - 116 Chapter 6 Shallalah Saghirah Renovation - 164 Chapter 7 Qarah - 226 Chapter 8 Qarah Renovation - 267 Chapter 9 Comparison and conclusion - 302 APPENDIX 1 MAPS - 343 APPENDIX 2 MARRIAGE ALLIANCES SHALLALAH SAGHIRAH - 349 Appendix General site informatie of Syrian Qanats - 351 References - 355 SUMMARY - 380 SAMENVATTING - 384

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