The Art of Irrigation

ISBN-13: 9786200479686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 376 str.

Adriaan van den Dries

Opis

In Northern Portugal, smallholders have constructed, operated, maintained and improved their systems over the centuries. These systems are characterized by labor-intensive practices and are an outstanding example of skill-oriented technology. The context in which they operate has changed dramatically in the last decades as a consequence of migration and public interventions aimed at modernizing agriculture. This book describes and analyses these systems in their context and the processes which affects their functioning. Finally, the book provides a repertoire of redesign built on the internal logic of the use of these systems, adapting them to the changing context which is particularly characterized by labor scarcity.

O autorze

van den Dries, Adriaan
Adriaan van den Dries was born in the Netherlands. He graduated in Tropical Land and Water use at the Wageningen University. He worked about 40 years worldwide as consultant on water and land development and as irrigation engineer in identification, feasibility, environmental assessment, design, management and evaluation of irrigation systems.