1st Edition

Sustainable Management for Dams and Waters

By William R. Jobin Copyright 1998
278 Pages
by CRC Press

288 Pages
by CRC Press

288 Pages
by CRC Press

Category
Ecology
Subcategories
Civil Engineering/Water Pollution/Public Health

Sustainable Use of Water Resources
Introduction
Sustainable Societies and Water Resources
Sustainable Cultures
Steady Destruction of Natural Resources
Dams, Canals, and River Basins
Canada
James Bay
St. Lawrence Seaway
New England
Climate and Hydrology
Massachusetts Bay
Rhode Island Sound
Long Island Sound
Summary
The West
Columbia River
Colorado River
City of Denver and South Platte River
Missouri River
Caribbean Region
Puerto Rico
Mexico
The South
Brazil and Paraguay
Argentina
Summary
Citizen Watershed Associations
Dam Designers and Water Planners
Mistakes
Faulty Environmental Designing Concepts
Solutions
Ecological Principles for Water Planning
Guidelines for Dam Engineering
The End of It All

Epilogue
Index
Back Cover Copy

Biography

William R. Jobin