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Lifelines : the case for river conservation / / Tim Palmer
| Lifelines : the case for river conservation / / Tim Palmer |
| Autore | Palmer Tim <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.9162160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Stream conservation - United States
Ecosystem management - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61091-285-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One Sustaining the Lifelines of a Continent -- Chapter Two The Embodiment of Rivers -- Chapter Three Breaking the Concrete Fix -- Chapter Four The Myth of Hydropower -- Chapter Five The Elusive Goal of Quality -- Chapter Six The Remains of Rivers -- Chapter Seven The Riparian Edge -- Chapter Eight The Heart of the Ecosystem -- Chapter Nine A Time for Rivers -- Sources -- Organizations Involved in River Protection -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- A selection of photographs follows page 116 -- Board of Directors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797044903321 |
Palmer Tim <1948->
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , [2013] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lifelines : the case for river conservation / / Tim Palmer
| Lifelines : the case for river conservation / / Tim Palmer |
| Autore | Palmer Tim <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.9162160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Stream conservation - United States
Ecosystem management - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61091-285-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One Sustaining the Lifelines of a Continent -- Chapter Two The Embodiment of Rivers -- Chapter Three Breaking the Concrete Fix -- Chapter Four The Myth of Hydropower -- Chapter Five The Elusive Goal of Quality -- Chapter Six The Remains of Rivers -- Chapter Seven The Riparian Edge -- Chapter Eight The Heart of the Ecosystem -- Chapter Nine A Time for Rivers -- Sources -- Organizations Involved in River Protection -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- A selection of photographs follows page 116 -- Board of Directors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827789903321 |
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Palmer Tim <1948->
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Restoring America's Rivers : The Movement for Dam Deconstructions and Rehabilitations / / by Richard M. Robinson
| Restoring America's Rivers : The Movement for Dam Deconstructions and Rehabilitations / / by Richard M. Robinson |
| Autore | Robinson Richard M |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (439 pages) |
| Disciplina | 333.9162160973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Power resources Environmental policy Water Hydrology Environmental Economics Resource and Environmental Economics Environmental Policy |
| ISBN |
9783031817588
9783031817571 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Environmental Movement Begins: Maine’s Rivers -- 2. Big Concrete, the Tennessee River and the New Deal -- 3. Environmental Justice in the Olympics and on the Ottaway -- 4. The Glen Canyon Mistake -- 5. After the Gold Rush: Klamath River Justice -- 6. Columbia River and Salmon Passage -- 7. The Low-Head Dams of Industry and the Mahoning River -- 8. The Very Old and Quaint Early Dams of New England -- 9. An Old Commonwealth’s Industrial and Flood Control Dams -- 10. Dam Safety Standards, Rehabilitations, and Failures -- 11. Answering the “Call of the Wild” in a Kayak -- 12. Over Engineering the “Big Muddy” -- 13. Our Age of River Restoration. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911015868503321 |
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Robinson Richard M
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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