Acequia Culture Water, Land and Community in the Southwest

Name: Acequia Culture Water, Land and Community in the Southwest
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ISBN: 9780826318596

ISBN-10: 0826318592

ISBN-13: 9780826318596

Edition: 1998

Authors: Josï¿½ A. Rivera, Josï¿½ A. Rivera

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Conflicts between Hispanic farmers and developers made for compelling reading in 'The Milagro Beanfield War', the famous novel of life in a northern New Mexico village in which tradition triumphs over modernity. But as cities grow and industries expand, are acequias, or community irrigation ditches, a wise and efficient use of water in the arid Southwest? Jos Rivera presents the contemporary case for the value of acequias and the communities they nurture in the river valleys of southern Colorado and New Mexico. Recognising that 'water is the lifeblood of the community', Rivera delineates an acequia culture based on a reciprocal relationship between irrigation and community. The acequia…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 269
Size: 6.01" wide x 8.99" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Josï¿½ A. Rivera is research scholar, Center for Regional Studies and professor of community and regional planning, University of New Mexico.



Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



Irrigation Communities on the Rï¿½o Grande



Evolution of the Acequia Institution



Acequia Governance and Administration



Water Democracies: the Acequia Papers



Contemporary Status of Acequias: Development Vs. Sustainability



the Future of the Acequia Institution: State Policies and Acequia Action Strategies


Notes


Acequia Glossary


Selected: Readings


Index