Understanding the traditional wisdom of harvesting rainwater in household yards: construction and rainwater usage patterns of settlement water cellars in semi-arid China

This study focuses on the heritage users and artisans of water cellars – the principal source of potable water in semi-arid China for centuries – to examine their construction and rainwater usage patterns. The main advantages of water cellars are their low construction cost, user-friendly technology...

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Main Authors: Weinan Zhou, Kunihiko Matsumoto, Masanori Sawaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2047980

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