A history of dams : the useful pyramids

A history of dams : the useful pyramids /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schnitter, N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Brookfield [Vt.] : Balkema, 1994.
Subjects:
Dams > History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Ancient Civilizations
  • 1.1. The Nile valley
  • 1.2. Greece
  • 1.3. Turkey
  • 1.4. Iraq
  • 1.5. Southwestasian deserts
  • 1.6. Sri Lanka
  • 1.7. China
  • 1.8. Precolumbian Mesoamerica
  • 2. The Roman Empire
  • 2.1. General and Italy
  • 2.2. The western provinces
  • 2.3. North Africa
  • 2.4. The eastern provinces
  • 3. The Moslem World
  • 3.1. Arabia
  • 3.2. Southeastern Spain
  • 3.3. Southwestern Asia
  • 4. Medieval Eastern Asia
  • 4.1. Sri Lanka
  • 4.2. South India
  • 4.3. Cambodia
  • 4.4. China
  • 4.5. Japan
  • 5. Medieval and Postmedieval Europe
  • 5.1. Power dams
  • 5.2. Fish ponds
  • 5.3. Irrigation dams
  • 5.4. Water supply dams
  • 5.5. Dams for parks
  • 5.6. Navigation dams
  • 5.7. Flood producing and flood retention dams
  • 5.8. Technology transfer to the colonies
  • 6. Evolution of Modern Dam Technology
  • 6.1. Embankment dams
  • 6.2. Gravity dams
  • 6.3. Buttress dams
  • 6.4. Arch dams
  • 6.5. Foundation treatment
  • 6.6. Spillways
  • 6.7. Outlets. 7. Conclusion
  • 7.1. State of the art
  • 7.2. Outlook.

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