Mapping Power : History of Landscape in the Jordan Valley
Mapping Power : History of Landscape in the Jordan Valley
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Author(s): Gitai, Ben
ISBN No.: 9782889156726
Pages: 184
Year: 202606
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 58.76
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

"Introduction - Chronomapping / Key Terminology I / DOMESTICATED LANDSCAPE. The Ottoman Imperial Period (1858-1917) Territory : Imperial Power - Administrative Division / Land Registry / Land Laws / Water Utilization Cartography : Techniques of Land Representation - Macro-cartography Surveys / Cadastral Surveys System / Hejaz Railway Surveys Terrain : Infrastructure Development - Infrastructure and Regional Development / Construction of the Hejaz Railway / Formation of the Jisr el Majami Site / New Agricultural Systems II / CAPTIVE LANDSCAPE. British Mandate Period (1918-1948) Territory : Mandatory Power - Demarcation / Zionist Visions / The Jordan Concession / Hamiph'al Hazioni Cartography : New Ordinance System - Geographical Delimitation and Mapping of Palestine / Trigonometric Survey / Hydraulic and Land Survey Terrain : Captive Waters - Breaking the Natural Equilibrium / Zero Canal, Reservoir, and Island / Industrial Modern Architecture / Transportation Development / Modern Irrigation / Exotic Flora III / BURIED LANDSCAPE. Israel and Jordan National Period (1948-1994) Territory : State Power - 1948-1949: War of 1948 / 1949-1994: Border Security / 1994: Peace Treaty Cartography : Bilateral Mapping Surveys - The Hebrew Map / Hydrological Surveys / Mapping Water Regimes Terrain : Water Burial - Israel's National Water Carrier Project / The Jordanian Ghor Canal Project / Agriculture and Irrigation / The Depletion of the Jordan River at the Naharayim Site Epilogue : The Fourth Bridge List of maps Bibliography Acknowledgment Credits".


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