Conservation engineering and agricultural terracing in Tlaxcala, Mexico

This research examines the practice of hillslope terracing in the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. It explores how one popular terrace form, zanja-bordo (ditch-and-border) terraces, is employed in two distinct, though sometimes related contexts: (1) producing crops (agriculture) and (2) protecting natural...

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Main Author: LaFevor, Matthew Cole
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/24815