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Description for Dam
Paperback. As well as much-needed electricity, dams generate extremes of emotion. This book traces the development of dams from the Industrial Revolution onwards. It offers an account of their design, construction and function, which may appeal to general readers and those interested in environmental policy, history and civil engineering. Series: Objekt. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: TNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
As well as much-needed electricity, dams generate extremes of emotion. Traditionally, dams have facilitated hydraulic civilizations such as those in the Nile Valley, China and Mesopotamia, and, in the twentieth century, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Yet with the proliferation of dams there are now more than 40,000 large dams worldwide opposition and support can be measured in equal proportion. Their outstanding design and construction, often in inhospitable conditions, is representative of the skills of their engineers, yet others do not see such beauty in the taming' of rivers. In 1998 the continuing controversy led to the forming of the ... Read more
As well as much-needed electricity, dams generate extremes of emotion. Traditionally, dams have facilitated hydraulic civilizations such as those in the Nile Valley, China and Mesopotamia, and, in the twentieth century, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Yet with the proliferation of dams there are now more than 40,000 large dams worldwide opposition and support can be measured in equal proportion. Their outstanding design and construction, often in inhospitable conditions, is representative of the skills of their engineers, yet others do not see such beauty in the taming' of rivers. In 1998 the continuing controversy led to the forming of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Objekt
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861893284
SKU
V9781861893284
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Turpin Trevor
Trevor Turpin is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Bath, and has worked in water and environmental management since the early 1970s. He is the co-author of Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook (2002).
Reviews for Dam
Here, dams take centre stage as their design, construction, beauty, failures and environmental consequences are analysed. Building Design Dam investigates some of the world's most famous and awe-inspiring dams and will be of interest to engineers, historians and environmentalists at all levels ... beautifully illustrated The Environmentalist Turpin's book will be of particular interest to engineers, environmentalists and historians and, ... Read more