Ancient small-tank irrigation in Sri Lanka: continuity and change
This paper shows that winds of change are blowing in the dry zones of north-central Sri Lanka, the original hydraulic civilisation of the world. The social organisation of tank irrigation - which for centuries had combined a stylised land-use pattern, a system of highly differentiated property right...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40309 |
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