Water Meadows as European Agricultural Heritage

Renes, J.; Centeri, Csaba; Eiter, Sebastian; Gaillard, Bénédicte; Kruse, Alexandra; Puschmann, Oskar; Roth, Michael; Slámová, Martina

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“…Způsobem provedení šlo převážně o závlahu výtopou s využitím různých systémů přívodu, distribuce a odvodu vody v území. Jde o historicky nejstarší závlahové systémy v Evropě [1][2][3][4], z nichž část zůstala zachována do současnosti. Na mnoha lokalitách proběhly nebo probíhají práce na rekonstrukci systémů a jejich zachování a ochraně jako součásti kulturního dědictví v budoucnosti [5,6].…”

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Závlahy – znovuobjevované dědictví, jejich dokumentace, popularizace a ochrana na příkladu historických lučních závlah

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Irrigation facilities were built and function mainly as part of a larger or smaller functional unit. Their importance, even from the point of view of potential monument protection, resides in the identification and documentation of not only solitary buildings but especially entire systems/functional units with a description of the links between them. An individual object or building may not be exceptional, but its integration into a larger functional unit can create a uniquely conceived solution. In the field of water management, the importance of criteria such as typological value, the value of technological flow, the authenticity of form and function, and the value of technology and system links with an overlap with agriculture or industry is particularly evident. The article provides information on the possibilities of using traditional methods of historical and archival research and documentation as well as the use of modern tools for more extensive systems, including methods of digitisation and document processing.

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Závlahy – znovuobjevované dědictví, jejich dokumentace, popularizace a ochrana na příkladu historických lučních závlah

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“…People have channeled water to fields for thousands of years. Water meadows are just one example of historical irrigation practices (Renes et al 2020). Clean water and sewage management, even on an individual scale, are key to avoiding diseases and a key driver of the development of planning (Lopez 2018).…”

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Water, Culture and the SDGs as Living History

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At a time of climate change, sea level rise, flooding, drought, and changing groundwater and rainwater patterns, water managers need to adjust their current practices and develop new approaches. Technological innovation remains a key element in adaptation and mitigation; but technological innovation is not enough. Changing water patterns will affect everyone and every structure. How we manage water depends on local conditions, spatial and social developments and cultures as well as decisions of the past. That is why water management needs to go hand in hand with sustainable practices that are connected to the context of specific places, social systems and cultures and their changes over time. Sustainable development also requires recognizing the long-term impact of buildings and human-made structures. They may have been erected in the past for specific purposes and functions that have disappeared or are no longer welcome, yet the buildings and landscapes still exist. Sometimes they are valued cultural heritage; sometimes they are considered a nuisance, standing in the way of future development. Finally, water managers and other decision-makers may need new tools and methodologies for a holistic approach to sustainable development, which accounts for local particularities, achieves buy-in from society at large, and acknowledges historic path dependencies. As a first step toward such an approach, this chapter reflects on the UN Sustainable Development Goals through the lens of water and culture.

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“…For the last sixty years, after the Communist Reform, traditional agricultural landscapes have gradually disappeared from many submountain and mountain regions of Slovakia [2]. One of the traditionally cultivated landscapes justifying sustainable agriculture are water meadows [3].…”

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“…A term of floated meadows is a synonym for water meadows [5][6][7][8]. In Europe, water meadows can be found on alluvial floodplains where complex bedwork systems developed [8], or on mountain slopes where long channels of catchworks were built up and represent traditional irrigation systems [3]. Catchworks appeared frequently in agricultural landscapes over nearly all of Europe [9].…”

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Catchworks: A Historical Water-Distribution System on Mountain Meadows in Central Slovakia

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Water meadows or flooded meadows are known from many European countries. A historical irrigation system—catchworks—was identified in only one locality in Slovakia. This article brings a methodical approach to the identification of catchworks on mountain slopes. The main aim was to delineate catchworks using terrain and land use geospatial data intended to supplement existing data on catchworks from the field survey. The identification of shallow and narrow channels in the field is difficult, and their detection in a digital terrain model (DTM) and orthomosaic photos is also challenging. A detailed DTM elaborated from laser scanning data was not available. Therefore, we employed break lines of a Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) model created by EUROSENSE Ltd. 2017, Bratislava, Slovakia. to determine microtopographic features on mountain slopes. Orthomosaics with adjusted red (R) green (G) and blue (B) band thresholds (digital numbers) in a time sequence of 16 years (2002–2018) and the Normalized Green-Red Difference Index (NGRDI) (2018) determined vital herbaceous vegetation and higher biomass. In both cases, the vegetation inside wet functional catchworks was differently coloured from the surroundings. In the case of dry catchworks, the identification relied only on microtopography features. The length of catchworks mapped in the field (1939.12 m; 2013) was supplied with potential catchworks detected from geospatial data (2877.18; 2018) and their total length in the study area increased above 59.74% (4816.30 m). Real and potential catchworks predominantly occupied historical grassland (meadows and pastures) (1952–1957) (4430.31; 91.99%). This result corresponds with the findings of foreign studies referring that catchworks on mountain slopes were related to livestock activities. They are important elements of sustainable land use with a water retention function in traditional agricultural landscapes.

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Water Meadows as European Agricultural Heritage

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Závlahy – znovuobjevované dědictví, jejich dokumentace, popularizace a ochrana na příkladu historických lučních závlah

Závlahy – znovuobjevované dědictví, jejich dokumentace, popularizace a ochrana na příkladu historických lučních závlah

Water, Culture and the SDGs as Living History

Catchworks: A Historical Water-Distribution System on Mountain Meadows in Central Slovakia

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