[EN] The strategy to manage the territory, natural resources, and social demands has been supported
by the development of irrigation along the years. In countries like Spain, France or Italy, the commitment
on irrigation ...
Ricardo Ponte, Jorge(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Historicizing territory and spatializing history through hydraulic mapping en Mendoza,
Argentina (XVI-XVIII). In America, in general and in the South American territory that formed the Inca
empire, in particular, ...
Bernabé Gil, David(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] The impact of the municipal segregation on the Courts of irrigation of Bajo Segura during the XVIII century.
The complex territorial infrastructure of the irrigation in Bajo Segura underwent profound changes
throughout ...
[EN] Irrigation infrastructures as canals and reservoirs shape a complex water supply system in semiarid
agrarian ecosystems. Thus, Carrizales is a paradigmatic example. It is a rural environment placed between
two Natural ...
D'Amaro, Francesco(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Franco's policy of integrating all existing labour organisations in the Spanish Trade
Union Organisation found many obstacles in its path. Some agricultural institutions such as
irrigation ones, dangerously resisted ...
Rivera, José A.; Arellano, Juan Estevan; Lamadrid, Enrique R.; Martínez Saldaña, Tomás(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] The acequias of the upper Río Grande are more than just irrigation canals. They
also allocate and manage water for the community of landowners in the system. After four
centuries of use, the acequias persist into ...
Peris Albentosa, Tomás(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] This paper aims to discuss the dual institutional model commonly used to explain the
Valencian historical hydraulic systems, which confronts the autonomous management of the Huerta
de Valencia with the autonomous ...
Gómez Espín, José María(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] The extension of historical and traditional irrigation in La Vega Alta de Segura: Succession of irrigation dams
and irrigation channels, stepped water devices, and mechanically-powered water lifting devices. To use ...
Alberola Romá, Armando(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Culture of survival: water shortage and excess in the Huerta of Alicante (XVI-XVIII centuries).
The Huerta of Alicante was along the Modern Age, one of the most interesting irrigated dryland in the
Eastern Iberian ...
Algarra Pardo, Víctor M.; Berrocal Ruiz, Paloma(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] An archeological excavation was held between 2007 and 2008 in the old Marquesa’s
Mill besides the current Avenue of Cortes Valencianas in the city of Valencia, where vast sections
of the Mestalla and Petra acequias ...
Menargues, Josep(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] In 2011, we made several archaeological and topographical works in La Tanca del Forat, in La
Font Antiga hydraulic system, Crevillent, Comunitat Valenciana. The results allowed us to interpret the
pieces and mechanisms ...
[EN] This experience aims to recover a space of historical irrigated gardens located in the metropolitan
area of Barcelona, Spain. From understanding the traditional water management as cultural heritage,
the project has ...
Cañizar Palacios, José Luis; Fornell Muñoz, Alejandro; López Medina, María Juana(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] This paper is part of the studies of the Research Project “Riparia. Conceptualization,
management, exploitation and function of Wetlands and the lacustrine spaces in the Roman
Baetica”. Through analysis of the diverse ...
Guzmán Álvarez, José Ramón(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Historical significance and evolution of irrigation systems in the Lecrin Valley (south of Granada): four cases
studies in Cozvíjar, Dúrcal, El Padul and Nigüelas. The Lecrin Valley is a natural and historical region ...
Pardo Nacher, Cristian(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Nowadays, the differences between two Valencian irrigation management models
(autonomous and municipal), has been reduced to little formal aspects. This paper will focus
on the Castelló de la Plana case to try to ...
Milà Cartañá, Gemma(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] The Venetian lagoon is composed of shallow waters, marshes and a canal net among islands.
These elements were integrated in the local culture since the first roman settlement. This particular
territory and its culture ...
[EN] Since 2003 the ESTEPA (Landscape, Territory and Heritage Studies) research group has been
developing an Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for water heritage, quantifying and classifying more than
8,000 drainage ...
Arellano, Juan Estevan; Rivera, José A.; Lamadrid, Enrique R.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] To better understand the acequias in “Embudo de Picuris,” they have to be analyized from the
perspective of the land grants given to the settlers by the Crown of Spain. Many scholars have studied the
acequias simply ...
Guzmán Álvarez, José Ramón(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Updating historical irrigation systems: the “emotive flow” as a concept to support the link between the past and
the future. A case study in the Lecrin Valley (Granada, Andalucia, south of Spain). The functions of ...
Peris Albentosa, Tomás(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-03-03)
[EN] Conflicts in the Valencian irrigation channels have been observed through different
perspectives. Jaubert de Passá (1844) or Giner Boira (1988) hide them. Whereas Arthur Maass (2010:
72-82) or Elinor Ostrom (2011: ...