Acequia - Water-Sharing, Sanctity, and Place (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

Every society must have a system for capturing, storing, and distributing water, a system encompassing both technology and a rationale for the division of this finite resource. Today, people around the world face severe and growing water scarcity, and everywhere this vital resource is ceasing to be a right and becoming a commodity. The acequia or irrigation ditch associations of Taos, Rio Arriba, Mora, and other northern New Mexico counties offer an alternative. Few northern New Mexicans farm for a living anymore, but many still gather to clean the ditches each spring and irrigate fields and gardens with the water that runs through them. Increasingly, ditch associations also go to court to defend their water rights against the competing claims brought by population growth, urbanization, and industrial or resort development. Their insistence on the traditional "sharing of waters" offers a solution to the current worldwide water crisis.

General

Imprint:	School of American Research Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2006
Authors:	Sylvia Rodriguez
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-930618-55-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	1-930618-55-7
Barcode:	9781930618558

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