Friday's Water : Water Rights and Social Hierarchy in Sharqiya Water ownership, like that of land, is a matter of private property: However, in so far as land and water rights are not inseparably linked, water ownership remains distinct. Access to irrigation water either derives from permanently owned water rights, or is bought on a basis of weekly watering periods, sold by auction of Fridays. Permanent water owners and «waterless» farmers are the two groups which co-exist in the village communities of Sharqiya (oasis of the Sultanate of Oman). This article attempts to answer the following question : in what way does the history of these communities and their african migrations contribute to an understanding of their present-day hierarchi...
Population growth, poverty and property management problems are often advanced to explain resource ...
Life in Egypt is dependent on water from the Nile, and historically has adjusted to the seasonal rhy...
This study examines the informal institutions that govern the sāqiya and khettāra irrigation system ...
Friday's Water : Water Rights and Social Hierarchy in Sharqiya Water ownership, like that of land,...
Society and Hydraulic System in a Tunisian Oasis. This article is devoted to the study of the socia...
International audienceThe traditional methods of water management are still used in Ādam (Oman) and ...
The availability of precious water resources makes possible continuing existence in the world’s arid...
In this article, we argue that the Tribunal de las Aguas, historically part of a larger complex of i...
See http://vbat.org/spip.php?article525 This text is the chapter 1.5 of the book "Water, Cultural Di...
International audienceThis ethnographic research, conducted in 2015, aimed at understanding how farm...
This paper examines the social organization of a small-scale irrigation system in a multiethnic sett...
Throughout the history of Oman, water has played a major role in the settlement and the subsistence ...
Surface water and groundwater for irrigation are frequently used conjunctively, especially in semiar...
Living customary water tenure is the most accepted socio-legal system among the large majority of ru...
Azraq, a rural village in north-eastern Jordan, was once famous for its luxurious marshes and wetlan...
Population growth, poverty and property management problems are often advanced to explain resource ...
Life in Egypt is dependent on water from the Nile, and historically has adjusted to the seasonal rhy...
This study examines the informal institutions that govern the sāqiya and khettāra irrigation system ...
Friday's Water : Water Rights and Social Hierarchy in Sharqiya Water ownership, like that of land,...
Society and Hydraulic System in a Tunisian Oasis. This article is devoted to the study of the socia...
International audienceThe traditional methods of water management are still used in Ādam (Oman) and ...
The availability of precious water resources makes possible continuing existence in the world’s arid...
In this article, we argue that the Tribunal de las Aguas, historically part of a larger complex of i...
See http://vbat.org/spip.php?article525 This text is the chapter 1.5 of the book "Water, Cultural Di...
International audienceThis ethnographic research, conducted in 2015, aimed at understanding how farm...
This paper examines the social organization of a small-scale irrigation system in a multiethnic sett...
Throughout the history of Oman, water has played a major role in the settlement and the subsistence ...
Surface water and groundwater for irrigation are frequently used conjunctively, especially in semiar...
Living customary water tenure is the most accepted socio-legal system among the large majority of ru...
Azraq, a rural village in north-eastern Jordan, was once famous for its luxurious marshes and wetlan...
Population growth, poverty and property management problems are often advanced to explain resource ...
Life in Egypt is dependent on water from the Nile, and historically has adjusted to the seasonal rhy...
This study examines the informal institutions that govern the sāqiya and khettāra irrigation system ...