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The history of irrigation and water control in the Lake Erhai Catchment, Yunnan Province, China: mitigation and adaptation to environmental and climate change
Crook, Darren; Elvin, Mark; Jones, Richard; Ji, Shen; Foster, Gez; Dearing, John (Springer Nature, 2008)This chapter introduces an interdisciplinary methodology, which combines the use of archaeological and documentary sources alongside environmental proxy indicators found in sedimentary archives, to assess on a hydrological ... -
An inter-continental comparison between the environmental histories of two Lake Catchment systems in montane environments of France and South West China
Crook, Darren; Dearing, John; Jones, Richard; Elvin, Mark (2011)Inter-continental comparisons of environmental histories can improve understanding of environmental problems and hazards, and suggest possible actions to promote adaptive capacity and resilience in communities. This paper ... -
An investigation into the age and origin of Suranga in the foothills of the Western Ghats of India
Crook, Darren; Tripathi, Sudhir; Jones, Richard (2015-09-30)This paper presents the evidence for determining the age and origin of suranga irrigation found mainly in southern Karnataka and northern Kerala in the foothills of the Western Ghats of south India. It draws on on-going ... -
Spatial and temporal controls on hydro-geomorphic processes in the French pre-Alps
Crook, Darren; Chiverrell, Richard; Dearing, John; Jones, Richard; Welsh, Katherine (2011)Integration of paleoenvironmental reconstructions, environmental history and cellular modeling sheds light on the likely impacts of climate change on hydrological and geomorphological processes in the French Prealps. -
Traditional Design Principles of a Groundwater Irrigation System in the Foothills of the Western Ghats of Southwest India
Crook, Darren; Tripathi, Sudhir; Jones, Richard (2020-11-30)This paper presents the traditional design principles of the suranga water harvesting system found in an area of semi-critical groundwater scarcity in the Dakshin Kannada district of Karnataka and Kasaragod district in ...