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Requiem for the Santa Cruz : an environmental history of an Arizona river / / Robert H. Webb, Julio L. Betancourt, R. Roy Johnson, and Raymond M. Turner ; foreword by Bernard L. Fontana
| Requiem for the Santa Cruz : an environmental history of an Arizona river / / Robert H. Webb, Julio L. Betancourt, R. Roy Johnson, and Raymond M. Turner ; foreword by Bernard L. Fontana |
| Autore | Webb Robert H. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tucson, Arizona : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.640979179 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico)
Stream ecology - Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico) |
| ISBN | 0-8165-4750-5 |
| Classificazione | NAT010000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of illustrations -- Foreword / by Bernard L. Fontana -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1. The problem of riverine change -- 2. Characteristics of a desert river -- 3. Causes of arroyo downcutting -- 4. Perennial flow and discontinuous arroyos, 1691-1872 -- 5. Land use, climate, and floods, 1873-1888 -- 6. Arroyo downcutting and widening, 1889-1915 -- 7. Water development and the Great Mesquite Forest, 1916-1942 -- 8. The city and the arroyo, 1943-1975 -- 9. Arroyo management in the time of floods, 1976-1995 -- 10. Channel filling and river restoration efforts, 1996-2012 -- 11. Summary of the past and some possible futures -- Appendixes -- Notes --References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795328203321 |
Webb Robert H.
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| Tucson, Arizona : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Requiem for the Santa Cruz : an environmental history of an Arizona river / / Robert H. Webb, Julio L. Betancourt, R. Roy Johnson, and Raymond M. Turner ; foreword by Bernard L. Fontana
| Requiem for the Santa Cruz : an environmental history of an Arizona river / / Robert H. Webb, Julio L. Betancourt, R. Roy Johnson, and Raymond M. Turner ; foreword by Bernard L. Fontana |
| Autore | Webb Robert H. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tucson, Arizona : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 577.640979179 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico)
Stream ecology - Santa Cruz River (Ariz. and Mexico) |
| ISBN | 0-8165-4750-5 |
| Classificazione | NAT010000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of illustrations -- Foreword / by Bernard L. Fontana -- Preface and acknowledgments -- 1. The problem of riverine change -- 2. Characteristics of a desert river -- 3. Causes of arroyo downcutting -- 4. Perennial flow and discontinuous arroyos, 1691-1872 -- 5. Land use, climate, and floods, 1873-1888 -- 6. Arroyo downcutting and widening, 1889-1915 -- 7. Water development and the Great Mesquite Forest, 1916-1942 -- 8. The city and the arroyo, 1943-1975 -- 9. Arroyo management in the time of floods, 1976-1995 -- 10. Channel filling and river restoration efforts, 1996-2012 -- 11. Summary of the past and some possible futures -- Appendixes -- Notes --References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820867103321 |
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Webb Robert H.
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| Tucson, Arizona : , : University of Arizona Press, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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