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Irrigation development in central Persia
Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society • 40 • Published In 1953 • Pages: 124-133
By: Fitt, R. L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author spent some time traveling in Persia on behalf of a British firm of engineering consultants employed by the Persian government. He describes the importance, problems and effectiveness of irrigation development in Persia up to 1953. There is a detailed account of the Zayandeh Rud scheme for irrigation and hydroelectric power development.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Topography and geology
- Agricultural science
- Water supply
- External relations
- Public works
- Research and development
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iran
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Engineer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Beverly Calsoyas ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1945-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Khuzestan, Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- R. L. Fitt
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89657394
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iranians