Connecting traditions. The veins of desert (Algeria) /

Connecting traditions. The veins of desert (Algeria) /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Paris : ZED, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (50 minutes)
Language:	English
Subject:	Qanats -- Algeria. Water-supply engineering -- Algeria. Irrigation -- Algeria. Deserts -- Algeria. Algeria. Documentary films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12355689

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Other authors / contributors:	Mostras, Alexandre, director. Drogue, Marie, producer.
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed November 11, 2015). In English.
Summary:	In the red desert of Southern Algeria, the younger generations are taught to carry on the millennium-old tradition of the foggaras, used to capture the desert water to irrigate an entire oasis and its palm groves. The foggara is considered the backbone of Saharan agriculture, and in particular oasis agriculture. However, the development of that agriculture is threatened by the arrival of modern irrigation systems that consume high levels of energy and are not protective of the environment.

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Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed November 11, 2015).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (50 minutes) 004908
Playing Time:	00:49:08