A River in the City of Fountains: An Environmental History of Kansas City and the Missouri River, Amahia Mallea

Автор: Mallea Amahia
Название: A River in the City of Fountains: An Environmental History of Kansas City and the Missouri River
ISBN: 0700627111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700627110
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Founded as a port at the confluence of two great rivers, Kansas City has the waters of the Missouri running through its bloodstream—threading expressways, delivering drinking water, carrying traffic and sewage, and emerging most visibly in the city’s celebrated fountains. Despite, or perhaps because of, the river’s ubiquity, the complex and critical nature of its presence can be hard to understand, which is precisely why Amahia Mallea’s enlightening book is so essential.Moving from the city’s center to the outer limits of the metropolitan area, A River in the City of Fountains offers a clear view of the reach and intricacies of the Missouri River’s connection to life in Kansas City. The history of this connection is one of science and industry working, sometimes at cross-purposes, to bend the river to the needs of commerce and public health. It is a story populated with heroes and villains, visionaries and robber barons, scientists and civil engineers, politicians and activists—all with schemes and plans and far-reaching ideas about what, and whose, demands the power of the Missouri should serve. And so, inevitably, it is a story of disparities: a story of, from one flood to the next, the haves staking out higher ground, leaving the have-nots to the perils of low-lying land. But what the book also shows us is a slow awakening to the ways in which all those vying for the river's favor are inextricably connected by its course; here we see, finally, a growing awareness of the river’s essential role in the health and welfare of the whole urban environment.In the end, all citizens of Kansas City are both upstream and downstream; all are equally dependent on the health of the river. What this book helps us see is, at last, as much the city in the river as the river in the city.

Автор: Min
Название: Assessment of the Effects of Climate Variability and Land-Use Changes on the Hydrology of the Meuse River Basin
ISBN: 1138434019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138434011
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This study seeks to elucidate the response of a large river basin (the Meuse in northwest Europe) to climate variability and land use change. A synoptic-climatological analysis examines the observed precipitation change in the basin. The findings are valuable to those developing flood protection strategies.

Название: Swiss Competences in River Engineering and Restoration
ISBN: 113802676X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138026766
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Описание: This book contains contributions on the latest trends and key-projects in river engineering, flood protection and river restoration in Switzerland, and is invaluable to river engineers and researchers.

Автор: Shigeko Haruyama; Takayuki Shiraiwa
Название: Environmental Change and the Social Response in the Amur River Basin
ISBN: 4431552448 ISBN-13(EAN): 9784431552444
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book features research on historical land use and land cover in the Amur River Basin, which are important not only for residents there but also for those affected by its material and water cycles. The Amur region of Russia, land cover change analysis of the Amur, wetland, and flooding of the Amur provide evidence of land cover change.

Автор: David Schuyler
Название: Embattled River: The Hudson and Modern American Environmentalism
ISBN: 1501718053 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501718052
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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In Embattled River, David Schuyler describes the efforts to reverse the pollution and bleak future of the Hudson River that became evident in the 1950s. Through his investigative narrative, Schuyler uncovers the critical role of this iconic American waterway in the emergence of modern environmentalism in the United States.

Writing fifty-five years after Consolidated Edison announced plans to construct a pumped storage power plant at Storm King Mountain, Schuyler recounts how a loose coalition of activists took on corporate capitalism and defended the river. As Schuyler shows, the environmental victories on the Hudson had broad impact. In the state at the heart of the story, the immediate result was the creation in 1970 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to monitor, investigate, and litigate cases of pollution. At the national level, the environmental ferment in the Hudson Valley that Schuyler so richly describes contributed directly to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, and the creation of the Superfund in 1980 to fund the cleanup of toxic-dumping sites.

With these legal and regulatory means, the contest between environmental advocates and corporate power has continued well into the twenty-first century. Indeed, as Embattled River shows, the past is prologue. The struggle to control the uses and maintain the ecological health of the Hudson River persists and the stories of the pioneering advocates told by Schuyler provide lessons, reminders, and inspiration for today's activists.

Автор: Eskinder Zinabu Belachew
Название: Estimating Combined Loads of Diffuse and Point-Source Pollutants Into the Borkena River, Ethiopia
ISBN: 0367253453 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367253455
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The book offers insights into impacts of the heavy metals and nutrients loads on ecological health of rivers in Kombolcha city. It contributes to the theory of river protection and understanding of water quality management of sub-Saharan African tropical rivers and sediments where policy options are often poor.

Автор: Bill Belleville
Название: River of Lakes: A Journey on Florida`s St. Johns River
ISBN: 0820355895 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780820355894
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Описание: First explored by naturalist William Bartram in the 1760s, the St. Johns River stretches 310 miles along Florida's east coast, making it the longest river in the state. The first "highway" through the once wild interior of Florida, the St. Johns may appear ordinary, but within its banks are some of the most fascinating natural phenomena and historic mysteries in the state. The river, no longer the commercial resource it once was, is now largely ignored by Florida's residents and visitors alike.In the first contemporary book about this American Heritage River, Bill Belleville describes his journey down the length of the St. Johns, kayaking, boating, hiking its riverbanks, diving its springs, and exploring its underwater caves. He rediscovers the natural Florida and establishes his connection with a place once loved for its untamed beauty. Belleville involves scientists, environmentalists, fishermen, cave divers, and folk historians in his journey, soliciting their companionship and their expertise. River of Lakes weaves together the biological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, and ecological aspects of the St. Johns, capturing the essence of its remarkable history and intrinsic value as a natural wonder.

Автор: James Hillegas-Elting
Название: Speaking for the River: Confronting Pollution on the Willamette, 1920s-1970s
ISBN: 0870719165 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780870719165
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Описание: Speaking for the River is the first book-length study of Willamette River clean-up efforts from the 1920s through the 1970s. These efforts centered on a struggle between abatement advocates and the two primary polluters in the watershed, the City of Portland and the pulp and paper industry.