Cultural sustainability and community water management in coastal Ecuador: jagüeyes or albarradas and small dams or detention ponds
The objective of this article is to highlight the sustainability capacity of pre-Columbian water management systems called jagüeyes or albarradas (detention ponds) compared with modern technologies like dams which are used today in coastal Ecuador. These are compared using interdisciplinary field r...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Universidade de Brasília
2021-05-01
|
Series: | Sustentabilidade em Debate |
Online Access: | https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/35516 |