The action of turning up the earth when the fields are flooded with a plough that is made of locally available materials, like wood, in order to improve the workability of the soil. In the older days and even nowadays, some of the farmers employ cattle, like cows, to pull the plough manually.
Project Name: Kuttanad Kayalnilam Agrosystem, Kerala, India
Climate: Tropical monsoon
Year: 1880 – 1974 (a modified version still in use)
Water type: Seasonal mixing of saline and freshwater
Landscape type: Polder landscape in a deltaic basin
Meaning: Utilitarian landscape
Water Workers and Users: Farmers and fishermen
Soil: Sandy loam clay formed from riverine and lacustrine deposits
Rainwater and natural stormwater channels from Delhi ridge are stored in the ground and it is directly accessible to people by a flight of stairs. The narrow staircase is divided into three parts, which runs along the inner three walls of rectangular baoli.
Project Name: Delhi Sultanate Waterworks, Ancient network of water harvesting structures, Delhi, India
Climate: Overlap of humid subtropical and semi-arid
Literally the term Nasone means big nose. It is the typical roman freshwater drinking fountain. The city of Rome began installing nasoni around the 1870s to provide fresh water supplies for citizens; today there are still between 2500 and 2800 Nasoni in Rome.
Project Name: The Roman Aqueducts – Rome, Italy.
Climate: Temperate – Mediterranean Climate
Year: 1874
Water Type: Drinkable
Meaning: Fountains of contemporary Rome
Users: Citizens
Accessibility: Public
Materials: Cast iron
Temporality: Fixed
Form: Point
Use or function: Aside from the social-welfare benefits of supplying drinkable water to citizens, nasoni serve as needed ventilation valves for the Roman water-supply system.
From Latin mostrare, to show, to reveal, to exhibit. It was the name for a large public fountain with monumental functions. Usually, they were the terminus of an aqueduct.
Flexible walls constructed with eroded basalt rock, positioned across waterways and wetland areas. Used to capture large pools of water where eels and fish could be kept fresh, during autumn and winter, for maturing or to catch when required.
Project: Aboriginal eel Aquaculture – Gunditjmara Country.
Artificial and built-up structures with gaps or sections for water to flow through and where a Gnarraban (basket) can be placed. These structures were positioned across races and natural drainage lines. The traps could be built as V-shaped basalt block walls, or as a woven timber fence.
Project: Aboriginal eel Aquaculture – Gunditjmara Country.
The houses in Kampung Naga are built on a raised platform in a linear arrangement. This level difference forms a gutter that is bounded by river stones, creating storm -water drainage channels.
