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Assessing change and resilience in a northern New Mexico acequia irrigation community
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Assessing change and resilience in a northern New Mexico acequia irrigation community |
| Creator | Miller, Amy R. |
| Subject | acequia Rio Hondo Irrigation canals and flumes--New Mexico--Rio Hondo Watershed--History. Irrigation water--New Mexico--Rio Hondo Watershed--Management. Water-supply, Rural--New Mexico--Rio Hondo Watershed. |
| Description | A Professional Project Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Dual Degree of Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Program, and Master of Community & Regional Planning, University of New Mexico. Acequias in New Mexico are the oldest water management institutions of European origin in the United States. Remarkably, the acequias studied in this project have been continuously maintained for over 200 years. These communal water management systems have survived through major droughts and persisted through time, but are now vulnerable to new disturbances that threaten their livelihood. Research on these disturbances helps us protect acequias, not only for their inherent cultural and... |
| Date | 2013-06-07T18:26:52Z 2013-06-07T18:26:52Z 2013-06-07 |
| Type | Presentation Technical Report Thesis Other |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/1928/23072 |
| Language | en_US |
