Qanat Knowledge Construction and Maintenance
This book offers a ready solution for those who wish to learn more about this fascinating part of our water history and makes accessible to the wider world the traditional knowledge gained from building and maintaining qanats for more than 2,500 years.&nb
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at Knowledge Construction and Maintenance
Qanat Knowledge
Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi • Majid Labbaf Khaneiki
Qanat Knowledge Construction and Maintenance
Ali Asghar Semsar Yazdi International Center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (UNESCO ICQHS) Yazd, Iran
Majid Labbaf Khaneiki International Center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures (UNESCO ICQHS) Yazd, Iran
ISBN 978-94-024-0955-0 ISBN 978-94-024-0957-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-024-0957-4
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Fig. 1 Two intersecting qanats near the town of Meybod, Yazd Province, Iran (Photo by Mehdi Khebredast)
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Fig. 2 Qanat near the town of Meybod, Yazd Province, Iran. Same photo as Fig. 1 from a different angle (Photo by Mehdi Khebredast)
Fig. 3 A view from inside the qanat of Zarch in Yazd city, the longest qanat of Iran (Photo by Arshiya Khosravi)
Foreword
Qanats offer an ingenious solution for water supply in arid regions by creating a flowing stream of water where nature has not so provided. This book offers a ready solution for those who wish to learn more about this fascinating part of our water history and makes accessible to the wider world the traditional knowledge gained from building and maintaining qanats for more than 2500 years. There is much more here than a summary of the nature and distribution of qanats and a more extensive journey through the philosophy, methods, tools, and terminology of qanat design and digging than previously assembled. This most comprehensive book on the traditional engineering, construction, and maintenance of qanats is advised by the authors’ experiences with qanat scholarship; their affili
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