TY - BOOK AU - Thakershy, Priyank AU - Nilkanth, Soham (Guide) TI - Traditional water harvesting structures : a study of Ahmedabad region (Also available on CD) U1 - A TH-0892 PY - 2005/// N1 - CONTENTS PROPOSAL 01 1 INTRODUCTION TO WATER HARVESTING 04 1.1 CLIMATIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA 1.2 WATER SUPPLY TODAY 1.3 WATER HARVESTING 1.4 TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING IN INDIA 1.5 TRADITIONAL WATER HARVESTING IN GUJARAT 1.6 VAV- A UNIQUE TYPE OF WATER STRUCTURE 1.7 CASE STUDIES 2 TALAV 18 2.1 CASE STUDY- SARKHEJ 2.2 LOCATION AND LANDSCAPE 2.3 SIZE AND CAPACITY 2.4 COMPONENTS 2.5 CONSTRUCTION 2.6 PATTERN OF USE 2.7 TALAVS TODAY 2.8 OBSERVATIONS 3 TANKA 37 3.1 LOCATION 3.2 SIZE AND CAPACITY 3.3 COMPONENTS 3.4 CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS 3.5 PATTERN OF USE 3.6 MAINTENANCE 3.7 TANKAS TODAY 3.8 OBSERVATIONS 4 VAV 51 4.1 LOCATION AND LANDSCAPE 4.2 SIZE AND CAPACITY 4.3 COMPONENTS 4.4 CONSTRUCTION 4.5 PATTERN OF USE 4.6 VAVS TODAY 4.7 OBSERVATIONS OTHER WATER STRUCTURES AND OBSERVATIONS 72 CONCLUSION 81 MEASURE DRAWINGS OF SELECTED CASE STUDIES 87 APPENDIX GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ER -