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DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1745-2014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84900553641
论文题名:
Endogenous change: On cooperation and water availability in two ancient societies
作者: Pande S; , Ertsen M
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 10275606
出版年: 2014
卷: 18, 期:5
起始页码: 1745
结束页码: 1760
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Complex networks ; Population statistics ; Water resources ; Cooperative arrangements ; Historical reconstruction ; Indian subcontinents ; Irrigation Networks ; Population densities ; Resource availability ; Social development ; Water availability ; Societies and institutions ; civilization ; complexity ; cultural identity ; endogenous cue ; land use ; population density ; reconstruction ; social development ; water availability ; water resource ; Colorado Basin [North America] ; Indus Basin
英文摘要: We propose and test the theory of endogenous change in societal institutions based on historical reconstructions of two ancient civilizations, the Indus and Hohokam, in two water-scarce basins, the Indus Basin in the Indian subcontinent and the lower Colorado Basin in the southwestern United States. In our reconstructions, institutions are approximated by the scale of "cooperation", be it in the form of the extent of trade, sophisticated irrigation networks, a central state or a loosely held state with a common cultural identity. We study changes in institutions brought about by changes in factors like rainfall, population density, and land-use-induced water resource availability, in a proximate manner. These factors either change naturally or are changed by humans; in either case we contend that the changes affect the stability of cooperative structures over time. We relate the quantitative dimensions of water access by ancient populations to the co-evolution of water access and the socioeconomic and sociopolitical organizations. In doing so, we do not claim that water manipulation was the single most significant factor in stimulating social development and complexity - this would be highly reductionist. Nonetheless, we provide a discussion with the aim to enhance our understanding of the complexity of coupled human-hydrological systems. We find that scarcity triggered more complex cooperative arrangements in both Indus and Hohokam societies. © Author(s) 2014.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/78248
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作者单位: Department of Water Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

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Pande S,, Ertsen M. Endogenous change: On cooperation and water availability in two ancient societies[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2014-01-01,18(5)
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