Traditional agricultural and water harvesting techniques to cater to droughts and floods
Location
Place : Arizona
Country : USA
Region : North America
Hazard
Primary : Flood
Secondary: Droughts
Typology of Heritage
Hydrological Heritage
Aspect of Disaster Management
Mitigation
Summary
In the USA, the Navajo Nation has used their traditional knowledge of water harvesting and dryland farming to cope with droughts and floods.
They have also used their traditional practices of mutual aid and community resilience to support each other during disasters.