Land Drainage and Irrigation

Salvatore Ciriacono, University of Padova, Italy K.N. Chaudhuri, Jacob W. Gruber, Yehuda Kedar, Claudio Vita-Finzi, Thomas F. Glick, Jose A. Garcia-Diego, Peter Michelsen, H. van der Linden, L.E. Harris, R. d'Hollander, Norman Mutton, A.W . Skempton, M. Williams, C.R. Ortloff, Louisa Schell Hoberman, Isao Hatate, Peter C. Perdue, Joyce M. Brown.

Contents; Introduction; Ancient Irrigation: Ancient irrigation and water management in the Indian Ocean region, K.N. Chaudhuri; Irrigation and land use in ancient Mesopotamia, Jacob W. Gruber; Irrigation In Europe And The Middle East: Water and soil from the desert: some ancient agricultural achievements in the central Negev, Yehuda Kedar; Roman dams in Tripolitania, Claudio Vita-Finzi; Hydraulic technology in al-Andalus, Thomas F.Glick; Giovanni Francesco Sitoni, an hydraulic engineer of the Renaissance, José A. García-Diego; Irrigation in Norway and elsewhere in Northern Europe, Peter Michelsen; Land Drainage And Reclamation In Europe: History of the reclamation of the western fenlands and of the organisations to keep them drained, H. van der Linden; Land drainage and reclamation, L.E. Harris; Le marais Poitevin, R. d’Hollander; Boulton and Watt and the Norfolk marshland, Norman Mutton; The engineering works of John Grundy, 1719-1783, A.W . Skempton; The drainage and reclamation of the Somerset levels, 1770-1833, M. Williams; Irrigation In America And Asia: Surveying and hydraulic engineering of the pre-Columbian Chimú state: ad 900-1450, C.R. Ortloff; Technology change in a traditional society: the case of the desagüe in colonial Mexico, Louisa Schell Hoberman; Irrigation, agriculture and the landlord in early modern Japan, Isao Hatate; Water control in the Dongting Lake region during the Ming and Qing periods, Peter C. Perdue; Contributions of the British to irrigation engineering in upper India in the 19th century, Joyce M. Brown; Index.