干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Water Management in the Urban Cultural Heritage of Myanmar

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DOI	10.1017/trn.2016.6
	Water Management in the Urban Cultural Heritage of Myanmar
	Moore, Elizabeth; San Win, U.; Kyaw, Pyiet Phyo
通讯作者	Moore, E
来源期刊	TRANS-TRANS-REGIONAL AND -NATIONAL STUDIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
ISSN	2051-364X
EISSN	2051-3658
出版年	2016
卷号	4 期号:2 页码:283-305
英文摘要	This article assesses indigenous perceptions of water through a comparison of the water management strategies at three ancient sites located in different ecological zones of Myanmar. Two of our examples are in the high-rainfall regions of Lower Myanmar: Thagara in the Dawei River valley flanked by mountains on the east and west, and Kyaikkatha on delta lands at the egress of the Sittaung River. We contrast these adaptations with the micro-exploitation of the scarce water resources at Bagan (also spelled Pagan) in the arid zone of Upper Myanmar. In the southern wet regions, despite the different geographical setting of Thagara and Kyaikkatha, the focus was on drainage and control. Multiple ramparts and moats were used to conserve the scarce water in the dry months between December and April and control the heavy floods of the rainy months between May to November. At Bagan, sited directly on the broad Ayeyarwady River, water management of inland streams and seasonal lakes maximised the gentle slope of the plain while also coping with intermittent flash floods in the rainy months. The sites of Thagara, Kyaikkatha, and Bagan demanded specific adaptations but are alike in the absence of extensive transformation of the landscape. This balance of manmade and natural elements provides common ground despite their variable size and urbanised extent, ecological setting, and occupational sequence to highlight the shared significance of water management in their long-term urban success.
英文关键词	Myanmar water management Thagara Kyaikkatha Bagan (Pagan)
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000383002500004
WOS类目	Area Studies
WOS研究方向	Area Studies
Scopus学科分类	ISEAS, Singapore, Singapore.
来源机构	University of London
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/331605
作者单位	[Moore, Elizabeth] SOAS, London, England; [Moore, Elizabeth] ISEAS, Singapore, Singapore; [Kyaw, Pyiet Phyo] Yangon Univ, Yangon, Myanmar
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moore, Elizabeth,San Win, U.,Kyaw, Pyiet Phyo. Water Management in the Urban Cultural Heritage of Myanmar[J]. University of London,2016,4(2):283-305.
APA	Moore, Elizabeth,San Win, U.,&Kyaw, Pyiet Phyo.(2016).Water Management in the Urban Cultural Heritage of Myanmar.TRANS-TRANS-REGIONAL AND -NATIONAL STUDIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA,4(2),283-305.
MLA	Moore, Elizabeth,et al."Water Management in the Urban Cultural Heritage of Myanmar".TRANS-TRANS-REGIONAL AND -NATIONAL STUDIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA 4.2(2016):283-305.