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Key Resource 2009-08-21 Most water and sanitation facilities used by households or operated by small-scale enterprises were built without external support. This shows there are alternatives to the large centralized conventional systems. More importantly, small-scale solutions have proven to be cost effective....
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Experiences in Appropriate Technology illustrates a variety of encounters between communities, governments, entrepreneurs, and consultants in the Third World, including communities in North America. AT practitioners worldwide have met an assortment of obstacles. Their experience indicates that...
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The following pages are dedicated to water. The discussions of water-related issues are much broader, however, than the substance itself.
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The first part of the guide looks at what land leveling is and why it is needed. The second part deals with how land leveling is actually done and the practices needed with a precision land leveling program. The third section investigates resources needed to develop and implement the program....
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This book emphasizes the importance of social, economic, and environmental considerations when planning and implementing projects. For rural development workers, it aims to fill the gap in existing literature on the gathering and storage of water.
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Vanishing Land and Water is about soil and water management in arid lands. In the Sahelian region of Africa, as in many other arid regions, arable land is vanishing due to erosion and a decrease in available water. A group of artisans and villagers in one area of the Sahel are winnng the struggle...
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Keyline methods enable the rapid development of deep biologically fertile soil by converting subsoil into living topsoil. Keyline pattern cultivation enables the rapid flood irrigation of undulating land without terracing. Incidental results are the healing of soil erosion, bio-adsorption of...
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1974-01-01 Little known but promising technologies for the use and conservation of scarce water supplies in arid areas are the subject of this report. Not a technical handbook, it aims to draw the attention of agricultural and community officials and researchers to opportunities for development projects...
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2003-01-01 Many local initiatives have been started, and these are beginning to change the way we think about and use water. However, these ideas need to spread. This is the objective of this book, which brings together information on local action in water management, including activities undertaken by...
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This book takes a step back looking at the 'way' we think rather than 'what' we think about water. The first part of the book is really examining the process of innovative thinking needed to escape from the traditional water conflickts. The second part redefines the water crisis showing how...