Levees and seawalls / / by Erika Edwards
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| Autore: |
Edwards Erika
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| Titolo: |
Levees and seawalls / / by Erika Edwards
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing, , 2017 |
| �2017 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
| Disciplina: | 353.00722 |
| Soggetto topico: | Levees |
| Sea-walls | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | When the levee breaks -- Taming nature -- Dirt pyramids -- Different kinds of levees -- Preventing failure -- When levees fail -- Building again -- Battling the oceans -- Types of seawalls -- Plants and animals -- Changing the beaches -- Future waves. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book takes a look at famous levees on rivers and seawalls on oceans around the world, including the series of projects protecting New Orleans, Louisiana. It also explores what happens when these projects fail, and how engineers today are working to make better levees to battle the growing threat of climate change and rising water levels around the globe. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Levees and seawalls |
| ISBN: | 1-4824-5778-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910149540203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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