| Title | Irrigation and Moisture Sensitive Periods: A Zapotec Case |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 1974 |
| Authors | Downing TE |
| Book Title | Irrigation's Impact on Society |
| Series Title | series |
| Chapter | 10 |
| Pagination | 113-122 |
| Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
| City | Tucson, AZ, USA |
| Source Document | Accessible with appropriate permission |
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Diaz Ordaz Small-Scale Irrigation System, Oaxaca Valley, Mexico | Case |
| The town of Diaz Ordaz is located in the Tlacolula wing in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico, and the resource appropiated is water for irrigation. The irrigation system is divided into numerous subunits called tramos, which are described in detail as well as how the users alternate between riparian and prior appropriation rights for water. The author hypothesizes that water scarcity during the moisture-sensitive period of the main crops forces certain types of social organization to allocate water.... | 09 Aug 2016 |