Dams & reservoirs books

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Indirect Economic Impacts of Dams: Case Studies from India, Egypt and Brazil

Indirect Economic Impacts of Dams: Case Studies from...

Author: Ramesh Bhatia ,  Rita Cestti
ISBN: 9788171886814
Format: Hardback
$158.27

Dam assessment, by its very nature, is a complex undertaking. This work evaluates the magnitude of multipliers,...  Read More >>

Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West

Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future...

Author: James Lawrence Powell
ISBN: 9780520254770
Format: Hardback
$77.95

Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? This book...  Read More >>

Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program

Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program...

Author: Committee to Assess the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program ,  Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
ISBN: 9780309125277
Format: Paperback
$93.72

The US Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for managing and operating some of the nation's largest and most critical...  Read More >>

Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art

Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary...

Author: Wu Hung
ISBN: 9780935573466
Format: Paperback
$49.95

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Ensuring Reservoir Safety into the Future

Ensuring Reservoir Safety into the Future

Author: H Hewlett
ISBN: 9780727735225
Format: Hardback
$381.95

Contains the proceedings of the 15th Conference of the British Dam Society, Ensuring reservoir safety into the future,...  Read More >>

Dams and Reservoirs: Planning and Engineering

Dams and Reservoirs: Planning and Engineering

Author: Iqtidar Siddiqui (Former Chief Engineer, Former Chief Engineer, P&I Division, WAPDA)
ISBN: 9780195475852
Format: Paperback
$92.40

This book has been written specially for undergraduate and postgraduate students and professional engineers involved...  Read More >>

One Valley and a Thousand: Dams, Nationalism, and Development

One Valley and a Thousand: Dams, Nationalism, and Development...

Author: Daniel Klingensmith
ISBN: 9780195687835
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Will interest environmental activists, policymakers, NGOs and those interested in issues of development.  Read More >>

Dam

Dam

Author: Trevor Turpin
ISBN: 9781861893284
Format: Paperback
$44.95

As well as much-needed electricity, dams generate extremes of emotion. This book traces the development of dams...  Read More >>

Internal Erosion of Dams and Their Foundations: Selected and Reviewed Papers from the Workshop on Internal Erosion and Piping of Dams and their Foundations, Aussois, France, 25-27 April 2005

Internal Erosion of Dams and Their Foundations: Selected...

Author: Robin Fell ,  Jean-Jacques Fry
ISBN: 9780415437240
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This volume covers the whole internal erosion process of embankment dams and their foundations, from initiation...  Read More >>

Dams and Development, Relevant Practices for Improved Decision Making

Dams and Development, Relevant Practices for Improved...

Author: United Nations
ISBN: 9789280728163
Format: Paperback
$92.40

A compendium of relevant practices for improved decision-making on dams and their alternatives.  Read More >>

The New River Controversy, A New Edition

The New River Controversy, A New Edition

Author: Thomas J. Schoenbaum ,  R.Seth Woodard
ISBN: 9780786428380
Format: Paperback
$49.50

Covers the landmark struggle to save the New River from damming in the 1970s. This edition also includes an epilogue...  Read More >>

Water Engineering in Ancient Civilizations

Water Engineering in Ancient Civilizations

Author: Pierre-Louis Viollet
ISBN: 9781299843233
Format: Undefined
$290.27

This new book offers an engineer's perspective on the history of water technology and its impact on the development...  Read More >>

Perspectives on Polavaram: A Major Irrigation Project of Godavari

Perspectives on Polavaram: A Major Irrigation Project...

Author: Biksham Gujja ,  S. Ramakrishna
ISBN: 9788171885787
Format: Paperback
$158.27

The proposed Polavaram dam, located in Godavari delta, is part of the major irrigation expansion programme of the...  Read More >>

Operating Reservoirs in Changing Conditions

Operating Reservoirs in Changing Conditions

Author: Darell Zimbelman ,  Werner C. Loehlein
ISBN: 9780784408759
Format: Paperback
$432.11

Contains 44 papers presented at the Operations Management 2006 Conference held in Sacramento, California from August...  Read More >>

Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Dams in the Societies of the 21st Century, 22nd International Congress on Large Dams (ICOLD), Barcelona, Spain, 18 June 2006

Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the...

Author: Luis Berga ,  J. M. Buil
ISBN: 9780415404235
Format: Hardback
$380.00

Presents the role played by dams and reservoirs, not only in developed countries but also in emergent and developing...  Read More >>

Design of Small Dams: Revised 3rd Edition

Design of Small Dams: Revised 3rd Edition

Author: US Dept of the Interior
ISBN: 9788190309806
Format: Hardback
$209.56

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Dams and Geomorphology

Dams and Geomorphology

Author: P.J. Beyer (University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, U.S.A.)
ISBN: 9780444522313
Format: Hardback
$199.95

Dams profoundly impact the geomorphology of rivers by altering the natural patterns of water, sediment and energy...  Read More >>

Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the Control of Water in the West

Building the Ultimate Dam: John S. Eastwood and the...

Author: Donald C. Jackson
ISBN: 9780806137339
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Geotechnical Engineering of Dams

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams

Author: Robin Fell (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia) ,  Patrick MacGregor (Consulting Engineering Geologist, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415364409
Format: Hardback
$739.07

This is a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the design and construction of new dams...  Read More >>

Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures

Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures

Author: Ljubomir Tanchev (University professor, retired)
ISBN: 9789058095862
Format: Hardback
$1032.24

Comprehensive and complete overview of all kinds of dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures. Guides reader through...  Read More >>

The Future of Large Dams: Dealing with the Social, Environmental and Political Costs

The Future of Large Dams: Dealing with the Social, Environmental...

Author: Thayer Scudder
ISBN: 9781844071555
Format: Hardback
$422.40

Employing the World Commission on Dams' Seven Strategic Priorities, Scudder analyses the structure of the decision...  Read More >>

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