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- Farrokhzadeh, S. (author), Abraham, E. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author) poster 2019
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- Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Michavila, Jaime (author), Arenas, Eva (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author) abstract 2019
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), van Dijk, Ruben W. (author), Michavila, Jaime (author), Arenas, Eva (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Pumped irrigation is a way to improve water control for smallholder farming, hence to intensify its production. In this context, the Dutch company aQysta has developed the Barsha pump (BP), the first-ever commercial version of a hydro-powered pump traditionally referred to as spiral pump. BPs, however, have to deal with several constraints that...conference paper 2019
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Michavila, Jaime (author), Arenas Pinilla, Eva (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Water pumping systems driven by renewable energies are more environmentally sound and, at times, less expensive alternatives to electric- or diesel-based ones. From these, hydro-powered pumps have further advantages. Nevertheless, these seem to be largely ignored nowadays. More than 800 scientific and nonscientific documents contributed to...review 2019
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Kaptijn, Eva (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Archaeological studies typically describe arid areas as extremely unpleasant areas for human occupation and use. Without suggesting that arid areas are pleasant places, however, this paper provides a reassessment of the meaning of aridity for an area showing a vast amount of evidence of (past) human activities. Several climatic proxy data...journal article 2019
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Ertsen, M.W. (author), Wouters, Kyra (author)Water is an important key to understand Maya society, especially water availability within a context of climatic changes. Increasing drought would have pushed the Maya water systems into collapse. This paper studies the Maya water systems from an action‐oriented perspective, in order to understand what challenges the Maya had to overcome when...journal article 2018
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Ertsen, M.W. (author)This chapter traces the career steps and decisions of Dutch irrigation engineer De Gruyter between 1920 and 1961 to discuss how the Dutch irrigation engineering network managed to emerge and continue by defining what its members considered ‘good practice’. Irrigation education in Delft permitted entrance to working practice. Only those working...book chapter 2018
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Ertsen, M.W. (author)Dealing with uncertainty is key in socio-hydrological analysis. As such, thinking through what uncertainties mean for whom and when is key. This discussion contribution introduces three issues related to defining uncertainties. The first issue deals with the problem of defining uncertainty as a given external reality. The second issue deals with...journal article 2018
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Intriago Zambrano, J.C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Michavilla, Jaime (author), Arenas, Eva (author)Global food production needs to increase. Such an increase can come from intensified irrigated agriculture. Many current irrigation technologies are energy- and cost-intensive. Providing irrigation services instead of selling hardware addresses the (financial) reality of smallholder farmers and builds a sustainable business model rather than...abstract 2018
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Zhu, T. (author), Woodson, Kyle C. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)We explore the concept of scales to examine emerging irrigation realities, i.e., connecting more agents within larger spaces - relates to the complexity of irrigation systems. Modern hydraulic models allow the inclusion of emerging multi-scale issues over time, including social issues related to different spatial and temporal scales. We show...journal article 2018
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Ertsen, M.W. (author)In the first half of the 20th century, colonial rulers, a British firm and Sudanese farmers changed the Gezira Plain in Sudan into a large-scale irrigated cotton scheme. Gezira continues to be in use up to date. Its story shows how the abstract concept 'development' is shaped through the agency of humans and non-humans alike in government...journal article 2016
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Pramana, K.E.R. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author)Many small-scale water development initiatives are accompanied by hydrological research to study either the form of the intervention or its impacts. Humans influence both the development of intervention and research, and thus one needs to take human agency into account. This paper focuses on the effects of human actions in the development of the...journal article 2016
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Ertsen, M.W. (author)This paper argues that human and material agents co-shape ‘morality’. Water systems will be discussed in more detail. Artefacts (technologies) relate humans and their worlds, but the specifics of this relationship become meaningful only within specific actor-networks. As such, the material influences the moral decisions of humans. Examples...journal article 2016
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- Wang, Wen (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Svoboda, Mark D. (author), Hafeez, Mohsin (author) contribution to periodical 2016
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Zhu, T. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Van de Giesen, N.C. (author)The Hohokam, an irrigation-based society in the American South West, used the river valleys of the Salt and Gila Rivers between 500 and 1500 AD to grow their crops. Such irrigated crops are linking human agency, water sources and the general natural environment. In order to grow crops, water available through rain and river flows needs to be...journal article 2015
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- Ur, J. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author) journal article 2015
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- Ertsen, M.W. (author) journal article 2015
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Pramana, K.E.R. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Van de Giesen, N.C. (author)Many small-scale water development initiatives are accompanied by hydrological research to study either the shape of the intervention or its impacts. Humans influence both, and thus one needs to take human agency into account. This paper focuses on the effects of human actions in the intervention and its associated hydrological research, as...journal article 2015
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Zhu, T. (author), Ertsen, M.W. (author), Van der Giesen, N.C. (author)The Hohokam, an irrigation-based society in the American South West, used the river valleys of the Salt and Gila Rivers between 500 and 1500 AD to grow their crops. Such irrigated crops are linking human agency, water sources and the general natural environment. In order to grow crops, water available through rain and river flows needs to be...journal article 2015
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- Ertsen, M.W. (author), Murphy, J. (author), Purdue, L. (author) journal article 2015