The title has been revised slightly,
we have added the phrase Dams and Disease at the beginning of the title.
This book covers the health impact of tropical dams and canals, and is a companion to my
previous book on Dams and Fishes, which is titled Sustainable Management for Dams and
Waters.
The first book covers the Americas, primarily rivers and dams of Massachusetts, while this
new book on Dams and Diseases is global in scope. The new book will be especially valuable
for environmental consultants and global funding agencies.
The author, William R. Jobin, 1999 |
Provides step-by-step instruction on
designing diversion weirs, with sections covering site investigation, topographic survey,
soil, hydrological and hydraulic analysis, uplift pressure, sediment control, structural
analysis of weirs and intake structures, and financial analysis of constructing weirs.
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An extremely accessible guide for those with little or no design experience which contains
step-by-step instructions to design diversion weirs and provides a strong background for
designing other hydraulic structures, to produce a simple but significant structure to
save hundreds of farmers from poverty.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons |
Comprehensive Table of Contents
including:
Ethnology of Local Irrigation; Moroccan Irrigation; Political Ecology of Irrigation
in a Peasant Community; Rapid Rural Appraisal of Arid Land Irrigation; Simulation Modeling
of Balinese Irrigation; Small-Scale Irrigation Networks; Sustainable Agriculture. |
Presents a new syllabus for training,
and a new agenda for research and development, while pointing to new policies and to
practical action to be taken in the field. Includes seventeen pages of
references.
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