Engineering the Eternal City : Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome / / Pamela O. Long |
Autore | Long Pamela O. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 pages) |
Disciplina | 307.3416094563209031 |
Collana | Chicago scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Urban renewal - Italy - Rome - History - 16th century
Municipal engineering - Italy - Rome - History - 16th century Civic improvement - Italy - Rome - History - 16th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
Rome
Tiber River aqueducts engineering flood control infrastructure maps obelisks sewers streets |
ISBN | 0-226-59131-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Money, Weights, and Measures -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Troubled Waters: The Tiber River -- 2. The Streets and Sewers of Rome -- 3. Repairing the Acqua Vergine: Conflict and Process -- 4. Contested Infrastructure -- 5. Roman Topography and Images of the City -- 6. Maps, Guidebooks, and the World of Print -- 7. Reforming the Streets -- 8. Engineering Spectacle and Urban Reality -- Conclusion: A City in Transition -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910886009403321 |
Long Pamela O. | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to water in California / / David Carle |
Autore | Carle David <1950-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.6/109794 |
Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California
Hydrology - California Water-supply - California - Management |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
aqueducts climate change conservation dams desalination drought ecology environment environmental science environmentalism faucets flood global warming groundwater hydrologic region irrigation lakes natural watersheds nature nonfiction politics precipitation rivers science snowpack stormwater sustainability water capture water division water management water recycling water resources water science water storage water supply water wetlands |
ISBN | 0-520-96289-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Tapping into a Planetary Cycle -- CHAPTER TWO. California Water Landscape -- CHAPTER THREE. The Distribution System -- CHAPTER FOUR. Challenges to California Water Management -- CHAPTER FIVE. Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- HISTORICAL TIMELINE -- AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797784403321 |
Carle David <1950-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to water in California / / David Carle |
Autore | Carle David <1950-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.6/109794 |
Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California
Hydrology - California Water-supply - California - Management |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
aqueducts climate change conservation dams desalination drought ecology environment environmental science environmentalism faucets flood global warming groundwater hydrologic region irrigation lakes natural watersheds nature nonfiction politics precipitation rivers science snowpack stormwater sustainability water capture water division water management water recycling water resources water science water storage water supply water wetlands |
ISBN | 0-520-96289-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Tapping into a Planetary Cycle -- CHAPTER TWO. California Water Landscape -- CHAPTER THREE. The Distribution System -- CHAPTER FOUR. Challenges to California Water Management -- CHAPTER FIVE. Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- HISTORICAL TIMELINE -- AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807343303321 |
Carle David <1950-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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