A framework for assessing ecosystem services in acequia irrigation communities of the Upper Río Grande watershed
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‘What we need to do is inventory the different types of agricultural landscapes and bring to light the typical rural architecture, such as the acequias and desagües (irrigation supply canals and excess water drains). We need to find ways of conserving the landscape, including the flora and fauna as well as the role the agricultural landscape has played in the evolution of the surrounding area. Before we abandon the past (flood irrigation) for the contemporary (drip irrigation), we need a thorough analysis of the pros and cons of each system for the whole cultural landscape. The future may be one where the old and new learn to coexist, such as the hoe with the plow’ (Arellano, 2014, p. 204). WIREs Water 2015, 2:559–575. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1091 This article is categorized under: Water and Life > Conservation, Management, and Awareness Engineering Water > Planning Water Human Water > Value of Water
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Festivals and other occasions may be timed around irrigation calendars, and annual ditch cleanings, blessings of irrigation waters, and harvest festivals often play a large role in many communities.
“Festivals and other occasions may be timed around irrigation calendars, and annual ditch cleanings, blessings of irrigation waters, and harvest festivals often play a large role in many communities 72 .”
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By providing alternative flow paths, ditches can help moderate erosion elsewhere in the landscape.
“By providing alternative flow paths, ditches can help moderate erosion elsewhere in the landscape 72 .”
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- Authors
- Raheem, N., Archambault, S., Arellano, E., Gonzales, M., Kopp, D., Rivera, J., Guldan, S., Boykin, K., Oldham, C., Valdez, A., Colt, S., Lamadrid, E., Wang, J., Price, J., Goldstein, J., Arnold, P., Martin, S., & Dingwell, E.
- Affiliations
- Emerson College (US)
- New Mexico State University (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- Private Consultant Brookline MA USA
- University of Alaska Anchorage (US)
- Brock University (CA)
- Environmental Defense Fund (US)
- Woodbury University (US)
- Private Consultant Albuquerque NM USA
- Corresponding author
- Raheem, N.
- Venue
- WIREs Water
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2015-06-08
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 559-575
- ISSN
- 2049-1948 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1698992434
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 7.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (EPS--0814449)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Archaeology and Natural History
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Water management and technologies
- Keywords
- ecosystem services assessment, acequias, flood irrigation, drip irrigation, agricultural landscapes, rural architecture, landscape conservation, irrigation canals, traditional irrigation
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