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Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia / Andreas Angelakis, Larry Mays.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Angelakis, Andreas, author.
- Mays, Lawrence, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (586 pages)
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- London : IWA Publishing, 2014.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia presents the major achievements in the scientific fields of water supply technologies and management throughout the millennia. It provides valuable insights into ancient water supply technologies with their apparent characteristics of durability, adaptability to the environment, and sustainability. A comparison of the water technological developments in several civilizations is undertaken. These technologies are the underpinning of modern achievements in water engineering and management practices. Naturally, intensification of unresolved problems led societies to revisit the past and to reinvestigate the successful past achievements. To their surprise, those who attempted this retrospect, based on archaeological, historical, and technical evidence were impressed by two things: the similarity of principles with present ones and the advanced level of water engineering and management practices.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2018: STEM Backlist Books
- BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 102464
- ISBN:
- 9781843395409
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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