Disconnected rivers : linking rivers to landscapes / Ellen E. Wohl.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2004]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2004وصف:xiii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0300194706 (pbk)
- 9780300194708 (pbk)
- Rivers
- QH104 W637 2004
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | QH104 W637 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 300100317067 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | QH104 W637 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 300100317154 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-297) and index.
Why should we care about rivers? -- American rivers -- Conquering a new world : pioneer impacts -- Poisoning America : commercial impacts -- Institutional conquest : bureaucratic impacts -- Trying to do the right thing : rehabilitation impacts -- Thinking in terms of rivers.
Ellen Wohl offers a survey of the history and present condition of river systems across the US. After describing the biological, chemical and physical aspects of the functioning of rivers, she discusses the changes as the result of development and federal management, and examines rehabilitation projects.