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The History of Water Management in the Iberian Peninsula Between the 16th and 19th Centuries

:	Ana Duarte Rodrigues, Carmen Toribio Marín
:	The History of Water Management in the Iberian Peninsula Between the 16th and 19th Centuries
:	Birkhäuser Basel
:	9783030340612
:	1
:	CHF 111.00
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:	Naturwissenschaften allgemein
:	English

:	387
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This volume approaches the history of water in the Iberian Peninsula in a novel way, by linking it to the ongoing international debate on water crisis and solutions to overcome the lack of water in the Mediterranean.

What water devices were found? What were the models for these devices? How were they distributed in the villas and monastic enclosures? What impact did hydraulic theoretical knowledge have on these water systems, and how could these systems impact on hydraulic technology? Guided by these questions, this book covers the history of water in the most significant cities, the role of water in landscape transformation, the irrigation systems and water devices in gardens and villas, and, lastly, the theoretical and educational background on water management and hydraulics in the Iberian Peninsula between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries.

Historiograp y on water management in the territory that is today Spain has highlighted the region's role as a mediator between the Islamic masters of water and the Christian world. The history of water in Portugal is less known, and it has been taken for granted that is similar to its neighbour. This book compares two countries that have the same historical roots and, therefore, many similar stories, but at the same time, offers insights into particular aspects of each country.

It is recommended for scholars and researchers interested in any field of history of the early modern period and of the nineteenth century, as well as general readers interested in studies on the Iberian Peninsula, since it was the role model for many settlements in South America, Asia and Africa.

	The Thirsty but Educated Iberian Peninsula. As a Means of Introduction	6
	Contents	13
	City Water Supply Systems	15
	1 The Water Supply and Sewage Networks in Sixteenth Century Lisbon: Drawing the Renaissance City	16
	Abstract	16
	1 Introduction	17
	2 The Water Supply	19
	3 The Sewerage Network	27
	4 Final Remarks	33
	Acknowledgements	34
	Bibliography	34
	(a) Manuscripts	34
	(b) Printed Sources	35
	(c) Studies	35
	2 Toledo: The Thirsty City	38
	Abstract	38
	1 Introduction	39
	2 La Vega	41
	3 Water Management in the City	47
	4 The European and Spanish Context: The Circulation of Water Treatises During the Renaissance	51
	5 The Early Modern Age Alternatives for the Supply of Water: The First Renaissance Proposals	52
	6 Juanelo’s Device	54
	7 Final Remarks	57
	References	59
	3 Water Supply Management in Seville, 1248–1800	62
	Abstract	62
	1 Usage and Consumption of Water: General Conditions	62
	2 From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance	65
	3 The Seventeenth Century	71
	4 Changes and Continuities in the Eighteenth Century	73
	5 Conclusions	76
	Bibliography	77
	4 Water for Madrid: The Problems of Water Supply in a Pre-industrial Capital	79
	Abstract	79
	1 Introduction	79
	2 Madrid, Town and Court: The Natural Conditions	80
	3 The Court in Madrid: Countryside and City	83
	4 The Urban and Demographic Consequences of Madrid Becoming the Capital	84
	5 Water as a Solution	87
	6 Water as a Means of Transportation and Communication	88
	7 Water for Irrigation	88
	8 Supplying Water to the City	91
	9 Kanats, Hygiene and Urban Sanitation	91
	10 Project Writers, Arbitristas and Engineers	95
	References	99
	5 Thirsting for Efficiency: Technological and Transaction-Cost Explanations for the Municipalisation of Water Supplies	101
	Abstract	101
	1 Introduction	101
	2 The Creation of the Water Supply and Sewerage Networks	103
	3 The Economics of Network Utilities and Water Supply	105
	4 Transaction Costs and Contracts	107
	5 Private or Public Ownership of Water Utilities	109
	6 Designing the Regulatory Framework	111
	7 Why Was the Water Supply Not Municipalized in Lisbon?	115
	8 Conclusion	117
	References	119
	6 Engineering, Geology and the Water Supply to Lisbon in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century. Expertise and Innovation	123
	Abstract	123
	1 Introduction	124
	2 Historic Waterworks Predating the Concessions	126
	3 Pezerat’s Proposals and Ribeiro’s Opinion	128
	4 The Times of the “First (Water) Company”	130
	5 A French Expert: Louis-Charles Mary	131
	6 A “Book of Science and Consciousness”	132
	7 The Solution: Spring Waters Plus River Waters	137
	8 Old Plans for New Waterworks	142
	9 Final Remarks	145
	Acknowledgements	146
	References	146
	Shaping Landscapes	149
	7 Technology of Grandeur: Early Modern Aqueducts in Portugal	150
	Abstract	150
	1 Water and Power	150
	2 Survival or Revival?	155
	3 Early Modern Aqueducts at Work	157
	4 The Case of Portugal	159
	Acknowledgements	167
	Bibliography	168
	Manuscript Sources	168
	Printed Sources	168
	Secondary Literature	168
	8 Dams in the Renaissance Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula	170
	Abstract	170
	1 Introduction	171
	Bibliography	187
	9 Water Communities on the Northern Slopes of the Guadarrama Mountain Range	189
	Abstract	189
	1 Introduction	190
	2 Communal Management and the Juntas del Agua	191
	3 Communal Maintenance	194
	4 The Distribution of Water and Irrigation	201
	5 The Ditches: A Source of Biodiversity	204
	6 Conclusions	207
	References	208
	10 Landscape and Water Heritage in Mountainous Areas: From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, from Northern Portugal to Southern Morocco	210
	Abstract	210
	1 Introduction	211
	2 On the Mountains and the Model of Occupation and Spatial Organisation	213
	3 On the Culture of Water in the Mountainous Contexts on Both Sides of the Mediterranean	215
	4 On the Traditional Irrigation System and the Vernacular Architecture of Production	216
	5 On the Study of the Arada Mountains Landscape Unit: Identifying and Defining the Hydraulic Heritage and Its Shared Usage	220
	6 On Studying the High Atlas Case: Reading and Interpreting the Water Landscape and Its Community Management	224
	7 Conclusion	231
	Bibliography	232
	11 The Technical and Social Scope of Irrigation in the Algarve	235
	Abstract	235
	1 Introduction	235
	2 Irrigation Systems	239
	3 The Collective and Individual Rights to Water	241
	4 Conflicts Raised by the Struggle for Water	247
	5 Expertise on Iberian Irrigation Absent from Its Own Theoretical Production	249
	6 Final Remarks	254
	References	255
	Primary Sources