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Two centuries of experience in water resources management : a Dutch-U.S. retrospective / editors, John Lonnquest [and three others].

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Format:
Book
Government document
Contributor:
Lonnquest, John C. (John Clayton), 1958- editor.
Institute for Water Resources (U.S.), issuing body.
Netherlands. Rijkswaterstaat, issuing body.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
United States.
Netherlands. Rijkswaterstaat.
Netherlands.
Water resources development--United States--History.
Water resources development.
Water resources development--Netherlands--History.
Water-supply--United States--Management.
Water-supply.
Water-supply--Netherlands--Management.
Water-supply--Management.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 373 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Place of Publication:
Alexandria, Virginia : Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, 2014.
Contents:
Introduction / by Bert Toussaint and William F. Willingham
Dutch water management in an era of revolution, restoration and the advance of liberalism, 1795-1850 / by Toon Bosch
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the evolution of navigation practice and policy, 1800-1865 / by Matthew T. Pearcy
Large-scale projects in a liberal era, 1850-1900 / by Eric Berkers
U.S. Army engineers in the era of single-purpose waterway improvements, 1865-1900 / by Leland R. Johnson
From projects to systems: the emergence of a national hydraulic technocracy, 1900-1970 / by Nil Disco and Bert Toussaint
U.S. era of progressivism and large public works, 1900-1970 / by William F. Willingham
Environmentalism, renewed concern for flood safety, and the Europeanization of Dutch water policies, 1970-2010 / by Wim van Leussen and Sander Meijerink
The U.S. moves towards more integrative approaches to water resources management, 1970-2010 / by William F. Willingham
Two centuries of Dutch and U.S. experience: comparative perspective / by Bert Toussaint and William F. Willingham.
Notes:
Title from title screen (viewed May 20, 2015).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Two centuries of experience in water resources management
OCLC:
909612300

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