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Great rivers history : proceedings and invited papers for the EWRI Congress and History Symposium, May 17-19, 2009, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Great River History Symposium at World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009 Kansas City, Missouri, United States 2009
- EWRI Congress and History Symposium
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Proceedings with invited papers, of the Great Rivers History Symposium, presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, held in Kansas City, Missouri, May 17-21, 2009. Sponsored ...
Proceedings with invited papers, of the Great Rivers History Symposium, presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, held in Kansas City, Missouri, May 17-21, 2009. Sponsored by the National History and Heritage Committee and the Education and Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE; American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. This collection contains 18 papers focusing on the great rivers of the world. Papers examine the engineering challenges of balancing the urgency for development and growth with the environmental need for a sustainable future. Topics include: the Paris sewer system; the Turtle Creek Reservoir; the Missouri River channel project; Columbia River exploration and mapping; major U.S. dam failures; and Darcy's Law. This collection will be valuable to practitioners, professors, and students interested in environmental and water resources engineering history.
Details
- Creator
- edited by Jerry R. Rogers
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Reston, VA American Society of Civil Engineers 2009, c2009
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (viii, 135 pages) : illustrations, maps
- ISBNs
- 9780784472798, 0784472793, 0784410321
- OCLC
- ocn427652028
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- English
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Hydraulic Engineering Legends Listed on the Eiffel Tower""; ""How to Wrestle a Mighty River: The Missouri River Channel Project""; ""Constructing a Big Dam after the 1951 Missouri River Flood: Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas""; ""Civil Engineering History of Hydraulic Channels and Pipes""; ""The Riddle of the River: How David Thompson Explored and Mapped the Middle and Upper Columbia River""; ""Gateway to Greatness: A Profile of James B. Eads""; ""Major U.S. Dam Failures: Their Cause, Resultant Losses, and Impact on Dam Safety Programs and Engineering Practice""
- ""Verification of Darcy's Law""; ""Texas Section ASCE Leaders: A Time of Reflection for Section Anniversary Planning""; ""Hydrologic Design of Bridges and Culverts: A Historical Review""; ""The Waste Water Network: An Underground View of Paris""; ""Burns and McDonnell History: Need for Clean Water Launched Burns and McDonnell""; ""HDR History""; ""Black and Veatch History: Building a World of Difference since 1915""; ""Five-Year History of Water Resources Specialty Certification and Value Slogans""; ""History of the Texas Section-ASCE""; ""The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and ASCE Publications""; ""Loch Katrine Water Supply to Glasgow, Scotland, 1855-1903""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""
- ""The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and ASCE Publications""; ""Loch Katrine Water Supply to Glasgow, Scotland, 1855-1903""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""