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Green Revolution?, 1977
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‘Village tank Cascade Systems’ an ancient, small scale irrigation technology is examined as it co... more ‘Village tank Cascade Systems’ an ancient, small scale irrigation technology is examined as it could be observed in the North Central Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. A ‘cascade’ is defined as ‘a connected series of village irrigation tanks organized within a micro-(or meso-) catcment of the dry zone landscape, storing, conveying and utilizing water from an ephemeral rivulet’ (Madduma Bandara 1985). The underlying argument developed from this case study is that, traditional technologies cannot be adequately comprehended in isolation without reference to the ecological and social systems in which they prevail. With changes in the latter elements, some traditional technologies may become anachronistic and often unusable or even face disappearance. Therefore, it is prudent to look for their substance than their form and the principles that governed their perpetuity over long periods of time. (
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Agrarian Change and Development Planning in South Asia, 1984
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… : An Environmental Journal for the Global …, 2009
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Green Revolution?, 1980
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Climatological Notes, 1982
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Proceedings of International Conference on Business Management, Aug 24, 2013
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