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