Water Engineering and Management through Time
Learning from History
1st Edition
Published on 6. August 2010
345 pages
978-1-136-86555-8 (ISBN)
Description
Water Engineering and Management - Learning from History explores the pair technology / water use (an indivisible pair, since the first member of the binomial determines the second) which, in the light of the knowledge available in the 21st century and with a conception focused on the near future, goes beyond the limits set by nature itself. T
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-136-86555-8 (9781136865558)
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08/2010
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CRC Press
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Content
Forward - Fernando Moreno Preface - Enrique Cabrera, Francisco Arregui. PART A.- INTRODUCTION Water engineering and management through time. Learning from the history; Enrique Cabrera, Francisco Arregui PART B.- WATER ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH TIME Water engineering and management in the early Bronze Age civilizations; Pierre Louis Viollet. Water engineering and management in ancient Egypt ; Larry Mays. Water engineering and management in the classic civilizations ; Ing. Henning Fahlbusch. Water engineering and management in al-Andalus ; Jose Roldan. Hydraulic advances in the 19th and 20th centuries: From Navier over Prandtl into the future; Willi H. Hager PART C.- THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY Water, History and Sustainability, a trinomial complex to harmonise in Mediterranean countries; Concepcion Bru; Enrique Cabrera.. Water and agriculture. Present and future trends; Martin Sevilla. Water and the City in the 21st century. A panoramic vision; Steve Buchberger; Enrique Cabrera. European water research: from past to future trends; Avelino Gonzalez. The interdisciplinary challenge in water policy: The case of water governance; Jose Esteban Castro The future of water management: the case for long-range interconnections; Michele Fanelli. Water Resources in Developing Countries: The Millennium Development Goals in the 21st century; Carlos Fernandez- Jauregui. Water challenges in the 21st century; Philip Burgi. PART D.- CONCLUSIONS Conclusions; Enrique Hernandez.
