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Irrigation in the Mediterranean
Mediterranean irrigation is diverse due to, among other factors, the relative importance of water in the economy of each country, varied levels of aridity, heterogeneous levels economic, social and technological levels of development, and differences in political and social organization. However, most of the Mediterranean countries face similar problems to meet their water demands because of the scarcity and variability of renewable resources, growing water requirements from non-agricultural sectors, increasing environmental concerns related to water quality and environmental degradation, a social demand for larger public participation, and important technological changes. The time has come ...
Nación Genízara
Nación Genízara examines the history, cultural evolution, and survival of the Genízaro people. The contributors to this volume cover topics including ethnogenesis, slavery, settlements, poetics, religion, gender, family history, and mestizo genetics. Fray Angélico Chávez defined Genízaro as the ethnic term given to indigenous people of mixed tribal origins living among the Hispano population in Spanish fashion. They entered colonial society as captives taken during wars with Utes, Apaches, Comanches, Kiowas, Navajos, and Pawnees. Genízaros comprised a third of the population by 1800. Many assimilated into Hispano and Pueblo society, but others in the land-grant communities maintained their identity through ritual, self-government, and kinship. Today the persistence of Genízaro identity blurs the lines of distinction between Native and Hispanic frameworks of race and cultural affiliation. This is the first study to focus exclusively on the detribalized Native experience of the Genízaro in New Mexico.
The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom
In the 1970s, the accepted environmental thinking was that overpopulation was destroying the earth. Prominent economists and environmentalists agreed that the only way to stem the tide was to impose restrictions on how we used resources, such as land, water, and fish, from either the free market or the government. This notion was upended by Elinor Ostrom, whose work to show that regular people could sustainably manage their community resources eventually won her the Nobel Prize. Ostrom’s revolutionary proposition fundamentally changed the way we think about environmental governance. In The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom, author Erik Nordman brings to life Ostrom’s brilliant mind. Ha...
Climate Adaptation Modelling
This open access book focuses on an issue only marginally tackled by this literature: the still existing gap between adaptation science and modelling and the possibility to effectively access and exploit the information produced by policy making at different levels, international, national and local. To do so, the book presents the proceedings of a high-level expert workshop on adaptation modelling, integrated with main results from the “Study on Adaptation Modelling” (SAM-PS) commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) and implemented by the CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, in collaboration with the Institut...
Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
Offering a cross-country examination and comparison of drought awareness and experience, this book shows how scientists, water managers, and policy makers approach drought and water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions of Spain, Mexico, Australia, South Africa and the United States.
Drip Irrigation for Agriculture
Initially associated with hi-tech irrigated agriculture, drip irrigation is now being used by a much wider range of farmers in emerging and developing countries. This book documents the enthusiasm, spread and use of drip irrigation systems by smallholders but also some disappointments and disillusion faced in the global South. It explores and explains under which conditions it works, for whom and with what effects. The book deals with drip irrigation 'behind the scenes', showcasing what largely remain 'untold stories'. Most research on drip irrigation use plot-level studies to demonstrate the technology’s ability to save water or improve efficiencies and use a narrow and rather prescriptiv...
Mathematics of Planet Earth
It is widely recognized that the degree of development of a science is given by the transition from a mainly descriptive stage to a more quantitative stage. In this transition, qualitative interpretations (conceptual models) are complemented with quantification (numerical models, both, deterministic and stochastic). This has been the main task of mathematical geoscientists during the last forty years - to establish new frontiers and new challenges in the study and understanding of the natural world. Mathematics of Planet Earth comprises the proceedings of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Conference (IAMG2013), held in Madrid from September 2-6, 2013. The Conference addresses researchers, professionals and students. The proceedings contain more than 150 original contributions and give a multidisciplinary vision of mathematical geosciences.
Polycentric Water Governance in Spain
Increasing irrigation efficiency has been high on the political agenda in Spain for many years. However, the overarching aim to reduce agricultural water consumption has not been met so far. To explore this phenomenon, Nora Schütze investigates processes of coordination between the water and agricultural sector in three Spanish river basins in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive implementation. From the perspective of polycentric governance, she identifies multiple mechanisms which illustrate how and why actors interact in certain ways, and thus shows why environmental aims of the Water Framework Directive remain unachieved.
Regadiu i canvi ambiental a l'Albufera de València
A les acaballes de l'edat mitjana, l'Albufera de València era un ample estany salobrenc que, voltat de vinyes, oliveres i carrascars dispersos, s'estenia entre el cap de Cullera i la desembocadura del Guadalaviar. Del segle XVII ençà, l'expansió del regadiu i les operacions de drenatge capgiraren els paràmetres hidrològics i transformaren el paisatge de l'aiguamoll. L'Albufera d'aigua dolça, de les hortes i els arrossars, convertida en imatge tòpica pels textos de Blasco Ibánez, és per tant, en realitat, una construcció antròpica relativament recent. A partir de l'estudi de la documentació històrica i cartogràfica, aquest llibre reconstrueix el procés de canvi ambiental que s'hi ha experimentat de resultes de segles de treballs hidràulics, i examina de manera detallada les intervencions humanes que han fet de l'Albufera de València un producte de natura i cultura.
La Universitat de València i els seus entorns naturals
La Universitat de València té la ferma voluntat d'abordar accions institucionals al territori i referides al territori, i per això dedica aquest estudi a tres ambients diferents tan diferents com el litoral (Parc Natural de l'Albufera), el fluvial (Parc Natural del Túria) i el muntanyós (Parc Natural de la Calderona). La publicació recull recerques, anàlisis i reflexions des d'una perspectiva multidisciplinar, sobre la fauna i la flora, la qualitat de les aigües, els usos del sòl, els jaciments arqueològics, les expressions artístiques i arquitectòniques, les rutes, les problemàtiques específiques, els processos de creació de les figures de protecció, els valors mediambientals i les activitats econòmiques predominants. En definitiva, aquest volum representa l'interès de la Universitat per transferir coneixements i aproximar l'acadèmia a la ciutadania.
