The Making of a New Landscape
Town Councils and Water in the Kingdom of Aragon during the Sixteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12243574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José Antonio Mateos Royo (0000-0002-6428-6277, University of Modern Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-139 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-7933 • E-ISSN: 1474-0656 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956793300001539 |
| OpenAlex | W2124018426 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
From the beginning of time human settlement has depended on water; its proximity being indispensable not only for the development of agriculture but also for the maintenance of stable settlements. The presence of water has promoted the development of civilisations, its absence has undermined their continuity. Getting hold of water has been the source of many confrontations in which at issue was not just the acquisition of more and better territories but nothing less that the community's own survival. The intrinsic social value of water has influenced social structures through the community rules for the distribution of this collective good
Agriculture · Archaeology · Business · Distribution (mathematics · Geography · Human settlement · Kingdom · Nothing · Political science · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Water resource management · Water source · Environmental Science · Historical Art and Architecture Studies · Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2019 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |