Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Bulletin ...: Chemical and biological survey of the waters of Illinois, 1906
Author: The American Environment
Author: Lary M. DilsaverPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847677542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
In recent decades, historical geographers have left study of nature-culture interactions to others, most notably to environmental historians. This collection, written specially for this volume, reveals a renewed commitment by, and a rapidly accelerating research agenda for, historical geographers interested in environmental issues. Following an introductory literature review, each case study explores either the direct unplanned impact of humans on the natural environment or the deliberate management policies designed to shape that impact. 'From their stronghold of applied historical geography, the contributors to this volume demonstrate the utility of the historical approach in the study and management of the environment. It hopefully signals a renewed interest in the field by workers whose lineage is from the human side of the continuum.' --Stanley W. Trimble, from the preface.
Bulletin - Illinois State Water Survey
Author: Illinois State Water SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Urban Rivers
Author: Stephane CastonguayPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 082297794X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Urban Rivers examines urban interventions on rivers through politics, economics, sanitation systems, technology, and societies; how rivers affected urbanization spatially, in infrastructure, territorial disputes, and in flood plains, and via their changing ecologies. Providing case studies from Vienna to Manitoba, the chapters assemble geographers and historians in a comparative survey of how cities and rivers interact from the seventeenth century to the present. Rising cities and industries were great agents of social and ecological changes, particularly during the nineteenth century, when mass populations and their effluents were introduced to river environments. Accumulated pollution and disease mandated the transfer of wastes away from population centers. In many cases, potable water for cities now had to be drawn from distant sites. These developments required significant infrastructural improvements, creating social conflicts over land jurisdiction and affecting the lives and livelihood of nonurban populations. The effective reach of cities extended and urban space was remade. By the mid-twentieth century, new technologies and specialists emerged to combat the effects of industrialization. Gradually, the health of urban rivers improved. From protoindustrial fisheries, mills, and transportation networks, through industrial hydroelectric plants and sewage systems, to postindustrial reclamation and recreational use, Urban Rivers documents how Western societies dealt with the needs of mass populations while maintaining the viability of their natural resources. The lessons drawn from this study will be particularly relevant to today's emerging urban economies situated along rivers and waterways.
Chemical and Biological Survey of the Waters of Illinois
Author: Illinois State Water SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Chemical and Biological Surveys of the Waters of Illinois
Author: Illinois State Water SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Advance Notes of the Sanitary Investigations of the Illinois River and Its Tributaries
Author: Illinois State Board of HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Des Plaines River (Wis. and Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Sanitary Survey of the Schools of Orange County Va
Author: John Atkinson FerrellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Chemical Survey of the Water Supplies of Illinois
Author: Illinois State Water SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description