Eight Indigenous Water Management Technologies for Extreme Scenarios
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Rima Sabina Aouf
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Summary
Architect Julia Watson previews eight Indigenous technologies for water management from her upcoming book, showcasing traditional approaches to extreme water scenarios. The examples include floating farms, sponge parks, and other sustainable water management systems developed by Indigenous communities worldwide. These technologies represent centuries-old wisdom that could help address modern water challenges through nature-based solutions and traditional ecological knowledge.
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· 3 pulledArchitect Julia Watson has followed up her seminal book Lo-TEK with a new volume focused specifically on Indigenous approaches to extreme water scenarios.
Here, she shares an exclusive preview of eight examples from floating farms to sponge parks.
With the first Lo-TEK book, subtitled Design by Radical Indigenism, Watson introduced readers, many for the first time, to the ide
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