Titre et auteur:

Land drainage and irrigation / edited by Salvatore Ciriacono.

Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, ©1998.

Description:

xxxix, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Série(s):

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 3

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Ancient irrigation and water management in the Indian Ocean region / K.N. Chaudhuri -- 2. Irrigation and land use in ancient Mesopotamia / Jacob W. Gruber -- 3. Water and soil from the desert: some ancient agricultural achievements in the central Negev / Yehuda Kedar -- 4. Roman dams in Tripolitania / Claudio Vita-Finzi -- 5. Hydraulic technology in al-Andalus / Thomas F. Glick -- 6. Giovanni Francesco Sitoni, an hydraulic engineer of the Renaissance / Jose A. Garcia-Diego -- 7. Irrigation in Norway and elsewhere in Northern Europe / Peter Michelsen -- 8. History of the reclamation of the western fenlands and of the organizations to keep them drained / H. van der Linden -- 9. Land drainage and reclamation / L.E. Harris.
Also issued online.
Includes one article in French.

ISBN:

0860787524 (hardcover)
9780860787525 (hardcover)

Sujet:

Irrigation History.
Drainage History.
Irrigation Histoire.
Drainage Histoire.
Drainage.
Irrigation.
Irrigatie (waterhuishouding)
Drainage (afwatering)

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Ciriacono, Salvatore, 1945-
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 3.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 200481
Cote: TC805 .L3 1998
Statut: Disponible