Author: Larry Cordes
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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University of Calgary, Proceedings, 30th Annual Department of Geography Conference, Thursday, March 18, 1993
Author: Larry Cordes
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 55
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Proceedings, 32nd Annual Department of Geography Conference
Author: University of Calgary. Department of Geography. Conference
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The Entangled Past
Author: University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference
Publisher: Calgary : Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Publisher: Calgary : Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary
ISBN:
Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Index of Conference Proceedings
Author: British Library. Document Supply Centre
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Category : Conference proceedings
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Category : Conference proceedings
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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GIS World
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Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Qanat
Author: Dale Lightfoot
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0755650816
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature. For 3,000 years, they have made life possible in impossible places and still sustain life and livelihoods in many countries today. After 30 years of field research, Dale Lightfoot provides the first comprehensive study of the qanat and sheds new light on their unique locations and distribution, their origins and history, their ecology, current status and use. Qanats are remarkably engineered underground aqueducts, using gravity to bring water to villages and towns where reliable flowing surface water is scarce or absent. Although an ancient technology, more than 46,000 of them still flow around the world today, with their sustainable nature making them a focus of renewed interest. Richly illustrated with images and a series of original maps, this is the most complete record to date of the locations and distribution of qanats worldwide, including examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, China, India, Mexico and South America.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0755650816
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature. For 3,000 years, they have made life possible in impossible places and still sustain life and livelihoods in many countries today. After 30 years of field research, Dale Lightfoot provides the first comprehensive study of the qanat and sheds new light on their unique locations and distribution, their origins and history, their ecology, current status and use. Qanats are remarkably engineered underground aqueducts, using gravity to bring water to villages and towns where reliable flowing surface water is scarce or absent. Although an ancient technology, more than 46,000 of them still flow around the world today, with their sustainable nature making them a focus of renewed interest. Richly illustrated with images and a series of original maps, this is the most complete record to date of the locations and distribution of qanats worldwide, including examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, China, India, Mexico and South America.
Cartographic Perspectives
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Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Geographical Information Systems: Management issues and applications
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Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Category : Geographic information systems
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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The Shek Kip Mei Myth
Author: Alan Smart
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622097926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Alan Smart raises serious questions about the standard view that Hong Kong's mass public housing programme was a direct and humane response by the Government to the Shek Kip Mei fire. Rather he argues that the Government's response to that fire was grudging and incremental rather than a sharp and radical turning point, and that the security and stability of Hong Kong weighed as heavily, possibly more so, in the decisions than the predicament of the fire victims. His research shows that a whole sequence of major fires after Shek Kip Mei, and the political costs of the Mainland sending comfort missions to fire victims both before and after were needed to bring about the final commitment to provide mass public housing. In his critical examination of the conventional position, Professor Smart bases his case on a thorough reading of government records and provides a careful investigation into the origins of the public housing policy in Hong Kong. This volume makes an important contribution to the postwar history of Hong Kong and is a significant addition to the study of its modern development.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622097926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Alan Smart raises serious questions about the standard view that Hong Kong's mass public housing programme was a direct and humane response by the Government to the Shek Kip Mei fire. Rather he argues that the Government's response to that fire was grudging and incremental rather than a sharp and radical turning point, and that the security and stability of Hong Kong weighed as heavily, possibly more so, in the decisions than the predicament of the fire victims. His research shows that a whole sequence of major fires after Shek Kip Mei, and the political costs of the Mainland sending comfort missions to fire victims both before and after were needed to bring about the final commitment to provide mass public housing. In his critical examination of the conventional position, Professor Smart bases his case on a thorough reading of government records and provides a careful investigation into the origins of the public housing policy in Hong Kong. This volume makes an important contribution to the postwar history of Hong Kong and is a significant addition to the study of its modern development.
On Being First
Author: University of Calgary. Archaeological Association. Conference
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Publisher:
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Category : Antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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