Issue Date
12-2020
Abstract
Dasmariñas, located in the eastern portion of Cavite province bordering Laguna, was once a farming town, producing products such as rice, sugarcane, and corn. In recent years, commerce has spurred its economy, raising its status to a city in 2009. Economic growth in Dasmariñas saw its land being converted into industrial areas and such real estate development left patches of arable land for agriculture.
This study traces an important aspect in the Spanish colonial agriculture of the town, particularly in the area of dam building. It aims to locate and identify these structures, document their past and present uses, and bring into fore this little-known facet of 18th-19th-century engineering and architecture in the country. This paper focuses only on Dasmariñas, which had the most number of dams built in the whole of Hacienda de Imus.
Aside from archival research, field surveys and use of satellite images were utilized in this study. This paper would describe the Spanish colonial water engineering and in particular, show the Augustinian Recollects' contributions to the largely unknown field of dam building in the country.
Source or Periodical Title
U.P. Los Baños Journal
ISSN
01171461
Page
33-41
Document Type
Article
Frequency
semi-annually
Physical Description
graphs
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Sembrano, Edgar Allan M., "Paurungan: the Spanish colonial irrigation systems in Dasmarinas, Cavite, 1780-1882" (2020). Journal Article. 3945.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/journal-articles/3945