Author: Birmingham Public Libraries
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Category : Birmingham (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
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A Catalogue of the Birmingham Collection
Author: Birmingham Public Libraries
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Category : Birmingham (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
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Category : Birmingham (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
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Dam
Author: Trevor Turpin
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894708
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Rivers are one of nature’s most vital energy sources, and their power can be efficiently harnessed through the construction of dams. But now dams have become a controversial engine in the race toward technological advancement, so much so that the World Commission on Dams convened in 1998 to debate the issue. Are dams a help to society or an agent of environmental destruction? Trevor Turpin explores the answers to that question here in his comprehensive historical chronicle. Among the most amazing feats of human engineering, a dam can sustain societies in a multitude of ways, as 40,000 of them around the world provide such things as electricity, water for farms and cities, and canals for boat navigation. Turpin traces their development, design, and consequences from the Industrial Revolution to now, examining edifices in China, Las Vegas, and places in between. The often contentious debate between environmentalists, architects, and engineers, Dam shows, is a complex one that pits the benefits of dams against the long-term ecological health of nations. Neither a polemic against dams nor a defense of their proliferation, Dam offers a judicious and in-depth account of this cornerstone of our modern age.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894708
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Rivers are one of nature’s most vital energy sources, and their power can be efficiently harnessed through the construction of dams. But now dams have become a controversial engine in the race toward technological advancement, so much so that the World Commission on Dams convened in 1998 to debate the issue. Are dams a help to society or an agent of environmental destruction? Trevor Turpin explores the answers to that question here in his comprehensive historical chronicle. Among the most amazing feats of human engineering, a dam can sustain societies in a multitude of ways, as 40,000 of them around the world provide such things as electricity, water for farms and cities, and canals for boat navigation. Turpin traces their development, design, and consequences from the Industrial Revolution to now, examining edifices in China, Las Vegas, and places in between. The often contentious debate between environmentalists, architects, and engineers, Dam shows, is a complex one that pits the benefits of dams against the long-term ecological health of nations. Neither a polemic against dams nor a defense of their proliferation, Dam offers a judicious and in-depth account of this cornerstone of our modern age.
The Central literary magazine
Author: Birmingham central literary assoc
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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History of the Corporation of Birmingham
Author: John Thackray Bunce
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Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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The Surveyor & Municipal & County Engineer
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Public Health Act, 11 & 12 Vict. cap. 63. Report ... on a preliminary inquiry into the sewerage, drainage, and supply of water, and the sanitary condition of the inhabitants of the township of Willenhall ... By Robert Rawlinson
Author: Great Britain. General Board of Health
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Reports from Commissioners
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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