Author: United States. Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
North Atlantic Drainage Basins
Author: United States. Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 1042
Book Description
Rivers of North America
Author: Michael D. Delong
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128188480
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1109
Book Description
Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. The first edition addressed the three primary disciplines of river science: hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape and its processes. An essential resource for river scientists working in ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology. - Provides a single source of information on North America's major rivers - Features authoritative information on more than 200 rivers from regional specialists - Includes full-color photographs and topographical maps to illustrate the beauty, major features, and uniqueness of each river system - Offers one-page summaries help readers quickly find key statistics and make comparisons among rivers
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128188480
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1109
Book Description
Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. The first edition addressed the three primary disciplines of river science: hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape and its processes. An essential resource for river scientists working in ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology. - Provides a single source of information on North America's major rivers - Features authoritative information on more than 200 rivers from regional specialists - Includes full-color photographs and topographical maps to illustrate the beauty, major features, and uniqueness of each river system - Offers one-page summaries help readers quickly find key statistics and make comparisons among rivers
Urban Rivers
Author: Stephane Castonguay
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 082297794X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Urban Rivers examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territorial disputes, and in flood plains, and via their changing ecologies. Providing case studies from Vienna to Manitoba, the chapters assemble geographers and historians in a comparative survey of how cities and rivers interact from the seventeenth century to the present. Rising cities and industries were great agents of social and ecological changes, particularly during the nineteenth century, when mass populations and their effluents were introduced to river environments. Accumulated pollution and disease mandated the transfer of wastes away from population centers. In many cases, potable water for cities now had to be drawn from distant sites. These developments required significant infrastructural improvements, creating social conflicts over land jurisdiction and affecting the lives and livelihood of nonurban populations. The effective reach of cities extended and urban space was remade. By the mid-twentieth century, new technologies and specialists emerged to combat the effects of industrialization. Gradually, the health of urban rivers improved. From protoindustrial fisheries, mills, and transportation networks, through industrial hydroelectric plants and sewage systems, to postindustrial reclamation and recreational use, Urban Rivers documents how Western societies dealt with the needs of mass populations while maintaining the viability of their natural resources. The lessons drawn from this study will be particularly relevant to today's emerging urban economies situated along rivers and waterways.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 082297794X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Urban Rivers examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territorial disputes, and in flood plains, and via their changing ecologies. Providing case studies from Vienna to Manitoba, the chapters assemble geographers and historians in a comparative survey of how cities and rivers interact from the seventeenth century to the present. Rising cities and industries were great agents of social and ecological changes, particularly during the nineteenth century, when mass populations and their effluents were introduced to river environments. Accumulated pollution and disease mandated the transfer of wastes away from population centers. In many cases, potable water for cities now had to be drawn from distant sites. These developments required significant infrastructural improvements, creating social conflicts over land jurisdiction and affecting the lives and livelihood of nonurban populations. The effective reach of cities extended and urban space was remade. By the mid-twentieth century, new technologies and specialists emerged to combat the effects of industrialization. Gradually, the health of urban rivers improved. From protoindustrial fisheries, mills, and transportation networks, through industrial hydroelectric plants and sewage systems, to postindustrial reclamation and recreational use, Urban Rivers documents how Western societies dealt with the needs of mass populations while maintaining the viability of their natural resources. The lessons drawn from this study will be particularly relevant to today's emerging urban economies situated along rivers and waterways.
Drainage Basin Problems and Programs
Author: United States. National Resources Committee. Water Resources Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Drainage Basin Problems and Programs
Author: United States. National Resources Planning Board. Water Resources Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage districts
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage districts
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Water Pollution Series
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Midcontinent Watershed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher:
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Category : Reclamation of land
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reclamation of land
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Midcontinent Watershed. Hearings ... on H.R. 5533
Author: United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Midcontinent Watershed: Hearings, June 12-13, 1935
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher:
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Category : Reclamation of land
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reclamation of land
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description