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Hydraulic Empire
Sharing a Legacy, Carving a Future for the Colorado River
Dezembro 2018, inglês
For six centuries, a people called the Hohokam inhabited central Arizona. Among their many accomplishments, they created a hydraulic empire of sorts, a spiderlike web of canals intended to deliver water from the Gila and Salt rivers—tributaries of the mighty Colorado—to their agricultural fields. Eventually, the Hohokam abandoned their fields and canals. To this […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
For six centuries, a people called the Hohokam inhabited central Arizona. Among their many accomplishments, they created a hydraulic empire of sorts, a spiderlike web of canals intended to deliver water from the Gila and Salt rivers—tributaries of the mighty Colorado—to their agricultural fields. Eventually, the Hohokam abandoned their fields and canals. To this […]
Colorado River Water
The Shift from Farms to Cities
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Agriculture was the main driver of development along the Colorado River. According to a recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey, 85 percent of water withdrawals went toward irrigation between 1985 and 2010 (Maupin 2018). The fields around Yuma, Arizona, and the Imperial and Palo Verde valleys of California consume more than 4 million […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Agriculture was the main driver of development along the Colorado River. According to a recent report from the U.S. Geological Survey, 85 percent of water withdrawals went toward irrigation between 1985 and 2010 (Maupin 2018). The fields around Yuma, Arizona, and the Imperial and Palo Verde valleys of California consume more than 4 million […]
Precision-Mapping Water in the Desert
Dezembro 2018, inglês
The desert city of Tucson, Arizona, has an average annual rainfall of just 12 inches. But when the rain comes, it often comes in the form of torrential downpours, causing damaging floods across the city. This is a perhaps ironic challenge for Tucson and the broader Pima County area in which it is situated, […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
The desert city of Tucson, Arizona, has an average annual rainfall of just 12 inches. But when the rain comes, it often comes in the form of torrential downpours, causing damaging floods across the city. This is a perhaps ironic challenge for Tucson and the broader Pima County area in which it is situated, […]
Dezembro 2018, inglês
Novembro 2018, inglês
Urban Expansion in a Global Sample of Cities, 1990 – 2014
Novembro 2018, inglês
Novembro 2018, inglês
The State of the Streets
New Findings from the Atlas of Urban Expansion – 2016 Edition
Novembro 2018, inglês
Novembro 2018, inglês
Novembro 2018, inglês
