A history of water engineering and management in Yemen
Subtitle: material remains and textual foundations
By: by Ingrid Hehmeyer
Series: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, the Near and Middle East -- volume 129; Handbook of Oriental studies -- v. 129.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789004387010; 9789004387713
Subjects: Water-supply engineering; History; Water-supply
Description: "In A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen, Ingrid Hehmeyer describes the three-way relationship between water, land, and humans from ancient to medieval and premodern times. As illustrated in case studies from four sites, individual ecosystems necessitated different engineering and management approaches in order to make good use of the scarce water resources for both irrigated agriculture and domestic consumption. Material remains and written sources provide the evidence for a comprehensive examination of continuity and change; technical and managerial struggles, failures, and successes; the question of technology transfer; the impact of the religion of Islam on water use and allocation; and people's reactions in times of severe crisis."-- Back cover.

In A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen, Ingrid Hehmeyer describes the three-way relationship between water, land, and humans from ancient to medieval and premodern times. As illustrated in case studies from four sites, individual ecosystems necessitated different engineering and management approaches in order to make good use of the scarce water resources for both irrigated agriculture and domestic consumption. Material remains and written sources provide the evidence for a comprehensive examination of continuity and change; technical and managerial struggles, failures, and successes; the question of technology transfer; the impact of the religion of Islam on water use and allocation; and people's reactions in times of severe crisis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-294) and index.

In English ; some text in Arabic.