The History of Water Management in the Iberian Peninsula: Between the 16th and 19th Centuries (Trends in the History of Science)

The Thirsty but Educated Iberian Peninsula. As a Means of Introduction
Contents
City Water Supply Systems
1 The Water Supply and Sewage Networks in Sixteenth Century Lisbon: Drawing the Renaissance City
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 The Water Supply
	3 The Sewerage Network
	4 Final Remarks
	Acknowledgements
	Bibliography
	(a) Manuscripts
	(b) Printed Sources
	(c) Studies
2 Toledo: The Thirsty City
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 La Vega
	3 Water Management in the City
	4 The European and Spanish Context: The Circulation of Water Treatises During the Renaissance
	5 The Early Modern Age Alternatives for the Supply of Water: The First Renaissance Proposals
	6 Juanelo’s Device
	7 Final Remarks
	References
3 Water Supply Management in Seville, 1248–1800
	Abstract
	1 Usage and Consumption of Water: General Conditions
	2 From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
	3 The Seventeenth Century
	4 Changes and Continuities in the Eighteenth Century
	5 Conclusions
	Bibliography
4 Water for Madrid: The Problems of Water Supply in a Pre-industrial Capital
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Madrid, Town and Court: The Natural Conditions
	3 The Court in Madrid: Countryside and City
	4 The Urban and Demographic Consequences of Madrid Becoming the Capital
	5 Water as a Solution
	6 Water as a Means of Transportation and Communication
	7 Water for Irrigation
	8 Supplying Water to the City
	9 Kanats, Hygiene and Urban Sanitation
	10 Project Writers, Arbitristas and Engineers
	References
5 Thirsting for Efficiency: Technological and Transaction-Cost Explanations for the Municipalisation of Water Supplies
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 The Creation of the Water Supply and Sewerage Networks
	3 The Economics of Network Utilities and Water Supply
	4 Transaction Costs and Contracts
	5 Private or Public Ownership of Water Utilities
	6 Designing the Regulatory Framework
	7 Why Was the Water Supply Not Municipalized in Lisbon?
	8 Conclusion
	References
6 Engineering, Geology and the Water Supply to Lisbon in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century. Expertise and Innovation
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Historic Waterworks Predating the Concessions
	3 Pezerat’s Proposals and Ribeiro’s Opinion
	4 The Times of the “First (Water) Company”
	5 A French Expert: Louis-Charles Mary
	6 A “Book of Science and Consciousness”
	7 The Solution: Spring Waters Plus River Waters
	8 Old Plans for New Waterworks
	9 Final Remarks
	Acknowledgements
	References
Shaping Landscapes
7 Technology of Grandeur: Early Modern Aqueducts in Portugal
	Abstract
	1 Water and Power
	2 Survival or Revival?
	3 Early Modern Aqueducts at Work
	4 The Case of Portugal
	Acknowledgements
	Bibliography
	Manuscript Sources
	Printed Sources
	Secondary Literature
8 Dams in the Renaissance Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	Bibliography
9 Water Communities on the Northern Slopes of the Guadarrama Mountain Range
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Communal Management and the Juntas del Agua
	3 Communal Maintenance
	4 The Distribution of Water and Irrigation
	5 The Ditches: A Source of Biodiversity
	6 Conclusions
	References
10 Landscape and Water Heritage in Mountainous Areas: From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, from Northern Portugal to Southern Morocco
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 On the Mountains and the Model of Occupation and Spatial Organisation
	3 On the Culture of Water in the Mountainous Contexts on Both Sides of the Mediterranean
	4 On the Traditional Irrigation System and the Vernacular Architecture of Production
	5 On the Study of the Arada Mountains Landscape Unit: Identifying and Defining the Hydraulic Heritage and Its Shared Usage
	6 On Studying the High Atlas Case: Reading and Interpreting the Water Landscape and Its Community Management
	7 Conclusion
	Bibliography
11 The Technical and Social Scope of Irrigation in the Algarve
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Irrigation Systems
	3 The Collective and Individual Rights to Water
	4 Conflicts Raised by the Struggle for Water
	5 Expertise on Iberian Irrigation Absent from Its Own Theoretical Production
	6 Final Remarks
	References
	Primary Sources
	Faro’s Regional Archive
	Printed Sources
	Bibliography
Water Management, Water Devices and Theoretical Knowledge
12 The Aesthetical Application of Water in Iberian Gardens
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Water Mirrors
	3 Murmuring Water
	4 Unique Bodies of Water: The Most Shining Canal
	5 Illusion of Water Abundance: Monumental Cascades
	6 Final Remarks
	References
13 Aranjuez and Hydraulic Engineering: Public Utility, Leisure Utility
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 The Hydraulic System Over Time: Creation and Extension
	3 The Hydraulic System in Space: Its Components
	4 Leisure Utility: Water Management for Production, Science and Leisure
	5 Public Utility: Communication and Transport
	6 Conclusions
	Reference Works
14 The Water that Passes Through Alcoa and Baça: The Hydraulic System of the Monastery of Alcobaça
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Hydrography
	3 The Monks of Alcobaça
	4 The Structure of Couto of Alcobaça
	5 The Monastic Fence
	6 The Main Building
	7 The Monastic Garden
	8 Kitchen Gardens and Orchards
	9 Vineyards
	10 The Meaning of Water and the Hydraulic System
	11 Conclusion
	References
15 Noras, Norias and Technology-of-Use
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 Na’ura Beyond Arabic Origins
	3 Noras and Norias: Not Exactly the Same
	4 Misunderstanding Water Wheels and Watermills
	5 Innovation Through ‘Technology-of-Use’
	6 Final Remarks
	References
	Primary Sources: Manuscripts
	Printed Sources
	Bibliography
16 Beyond Stevin and Galileo: Seventeenth Century Hydrostatics in the Jesuit Class of the Sphere
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	2 The Class of the Sphere
	3 Lembo’s Theory of Hydraulics
	4 Hydrostatics from Flanders
	5 Conclusion
	References
	Manuscripts
	Primary Sources
	Secondary Sources
17 The Making of a Hydraulics Expert: Estevão Dias Cabral (1734–1811)
	Abstract
	1 Introduction
	References