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SUBMITTER: Tianduowa Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182576 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Human ecology: an interdisciplinary journal 20180901 5
We explore the concept of scales to examine emerging irrigation realities, i.e., connecting more agents within larger spaces - relates to the complexity of irrigation systems. Modern hydraulic models allow the inclusion of emerging multi-scale issues over time, including social issues related to different spatial and temporal scales. We show that the time needed to manage irrigation efficiently relates to the size of a system. By reconstructing ancient Hohokam irrigation systems in Arizona, we i ...[more]