Sustainability and water management in the Maya world and beyond

Weitere Verfasser: Larmon, Jean T., 1988- , [HerausgeberIn]
Lucero, Lisa Joyce, 1962- , [HerausgeberIn]
Valdez, Fred, 1953- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Louisville, CO : University Press of Colorado, [2022].
Umfang/Format: viii, 260 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction to a path to sustainability : the past and future role of water management /
  • Jean T. Larmon, Lisa J. Lucero, and Fred Valdez Jr.
  • Harvesting ha : ancient water collection and storage in the elevated interior region of the Maya lowlands /
  • Nicholas Dunning, Jeffrey Brewer, Christopher Carr, Armando Anaya Hernández, Timothy Beach, Jennifer Chmilar, Liwy Grazioso Sierra, Robert Griffin, David Lentz, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, Kathryn Reese-Taylor, William Saturno, Vernon Scarborough, Michael Smyth, Fred Valdez
  • Ancient Maya intensive agriculture and water management practices /
  • David Lentz, Nicholas Dunning, Payson Sheets, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzader-Beach, Andrew Wyatt, and Cynthia Robin
  • Many visions of water /
  • Wendy Ashmore
  • Three tropical thoughts : the migration to tropical ecology /
  • Joel D. Gunn
  • Water trails and water mountains : the view from Northwest Petén /
  • David Freidel, Mary Jane Acuña, Carlos R. Chiriboga, Michelle Rich
  • Caracol, Belize and Tikal, Guatemala : Ancient Maya human-nature relationships and their socio-political context /
  • Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and Adrian S.Z. Chase
  • From "Preclassic" to "Classic" and "Post-Classic" among the Maya : the role of information processing and socio-environmental-economic values in the emergence and decline of "watery" cities /
  • Sander van der Leeuw
  • Managing the environment in Southeast Asia : local conditions and global implications /
  • Dan Penny and Roland Fletcher
  • Acequias : trust and hydrosocial territory /
  • Sylvia Rodríguez
  • How do we get out of this mess? Landscape legacies, unintended consequences, and tradeoffs of past human behavior on the path to sustainability /
  • Christian Isendahl.