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Village Voices: 40 Years of Rural Transformation in South India (1999 Video)

Director

Beate Engelbrecht

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: DM85 (+p&p)

Examines rural development by observing the different developmental paths of two villages, following the introduction of an irrigation system begun in the 1930s in the Mysore district in South India. An...

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Watering the Desert (1995 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Highlights the frightening environmental problems that can be caused by the over-development of the desert areas of the southwest USA. Demonstrates the ecological damage being caused by irrigation without...

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Goddess and the Computer, The (1989 Video)

aka: Water Goddess and the Computer, The

Director

Steve Lansing; André Singer

Subject

Anthropology; Environmental science

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (INCA, RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) (INCA) 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

Demonstrates how in Bali, development projects can threaten a carefully balanced ecological irrigation system that is maintained by religious authorities. A biologist and an anthropologist look at the...

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Introduction to Irrigation (1987 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col.

Video-based distance-learning course for up to ten participants. Introduces the concepts associated with plant water use, methods of irrigation and scheme design and management. Estimated 12 hours for...

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Vanishing Earth (1986 Video)

Producer

Michael Andrews

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

Two-part documentary about the importance of soil and water. Part 1: Shows how mismanagement of land can lead to soil erosion and drought. Part 2: Shows methods of alleviating the problem and demonstrates...

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Valley of the Inca (1984 Video)

Subject

Agriculture; Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the Cusichaca research project, lead by Dr Ann Kendall, which is investigating the possibility of re-establishing original Inca farm terraces and irrigation canals in Peru in the high Andes after...

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Parched Land, The (1978 Film)

Director

Kieron Moore

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Over 26 million people who live in the Sahel region of Africa are continually threatened by drought. Looks at how the shortage of water affected Gad Amar Fal, a small village in North Senegal. Examines...

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Majes Project, The (1976 Film)

Director

Patrick Ashton

Producer

John Wiles

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the importance of water to the people of Peru and how the lack of it is being overcome through the construction of an extensive irrigation scheme, which diverts rivers through tunnels and canals to...

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Nile in Egypt, The (1966 Video)

Subject

Agriculture; Geography

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 13 min.

Demonstrates Egypt’s dependence on the River Nile for crop irrigation, shows traditional methods of directing water and deals with the new dams and barrages which are contributing to the more efficient use...

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