Dams & reservoirs books

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Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-making - The Report of the World Commission on Dams

Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-making...
Author: World Commission on Dams , World Commission on Dams ISBN: 9781853837982 Format: Paperback	$120.00
By the year 2000, the world had built more than 45,000 large dams to irrigate crops, generate power, control floods... Read More >>

Involuntary Resettlement: Comparative Perspectives

Involuntary Resettlement: Comparative Perspectives
Author: Warren van Wicklin , Warren van Wicklin ISBN: 9780765806833 Format: Paperback	$113.82
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Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-making - The Report of the World Commission on Dams

Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-making...
Author: World Commission on Dams , World Commission on Dams ISBN: 9781853837975 Format: Hardback	$288.00
By the year 2000, the world had built more than 45,000 large dams to irrigate crops, generate power, control floods... Read More >>

Involuntary Resettlement: Comparative Perspectives

Involuntary Resettlement: Comparative Perspectives
Author: Warren van Wicklin , Warren van Wicklin ISBN: 9780765800183 Format: Hardback	$349.31
Among development assistance agencies, the World Bank has led the way in policies to mitigate the impact of large-scale... Read More >>

Guidelines for Instrumentation and Measurements for Monitoring Dam Performance

Guidelines for Instrumentation and Measurements for...
Author: Task Committee on Instrumentation and Monitoring Dam Performance ISBN: 9780784405314 Format: Hardback	$219.94
Provides information on instrumentation and measurements to monitor performance of all types of dams for owners,... Read More >>

Silting and Desilting of Reservoirs

Silting and Desilting of Reservoirs
Author: Dan G. Batuca , J.M. Jordaan Jr ISBN: 9789054104773 Format: Hardback	$255.00
This title takes into consideration a variety of issues involved in the silting and desilting of reservoirs. Attention... Read More >>

Hydraulics of Stepped Spillways: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Hydraulics of Stepped Spillways, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 March 2000

Hydraulics of Stepped Spillways: Proceedings of the...
Author: H.-E. Minor , W.H. Hager ISBN: 9789058091352 Format: Hardback	$190.00
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Reservoir and Civil Engineering Geophysics

Reservoir and Civil Engineering Geophysics
Author: Jean-Luc Mari , Dominique Chapellier ISBN: 9782710807704 Format: CD-ROM	$211.20
This CD-ROM was conceived as an educational tool and was elaborated from the content of the book Geophysics of... Read More >>

Filters and Drainage in Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference Geofilters 2000 , Warsaw, Poland, 5-7 June 2000.

Filters and Drainage in Geotechnical and Environmental...
Author: W. Wolski , J. Mlynarek ISBN: 9789058091468 Format: Hardback	$475.07
The papers are divided into the themes of theoretical development, laboratory testing, filter criteria and landfill... Read More >>

Arch Dams: Designing and Monitoring for Safety

Arch Dams: Designing and Monitoring for Safety
Author: Jose O. Pedro ISBN: 9783211831496 Format: Paperback	$269.95
The present volume provides a comprehensive understanding of the modern criteria, models and methods of analysis... Read More >>

Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and Levees

Instrumentation of Embankment Dams and Levees
Author: U S Army Corps of Engineers ISBN: 9780784403228 Format: Paperback	$116.31
Dealing with the instrumentation of embankment dams and levees, this manual includes the geotechnical concepts and... Read More >>

Construction Control for Earth and Rockfill Dams

Construction Control for Earth and Rockfill Dams
Author: U S Army Corps of Engineers ISBN: 9780784403327 Format: Paperback	$147.49
Provides critical guidance for constructors and engineers in supervision and maintenance of earth and rockfill dams.... Read More >>

Optimizing Reservoir Resources: Including a New Model for Reservoir Reliability

Optimizing Reservoir Resources: Including a New Model...
Author: Charles ReVelle ISBN: 9780471188773 Format: Hardback	$343.20
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Study on Whole Life Costing: (BR 367)

Study on Whole Life Costing: (BR 367)
Author: Mike Clift , Kathryn Bourke ISBN: 9781860812804 Format: Paperback	$80.19
This report discusses the findings of a BRE project to study whole life costing used in the construction industry... Read More >>

Instrumentation, Monitoring and Surveillance: Embankment Dams

Instrumentation, Monitoring and Surveillance: Embankment...
Author: A.D.M Penman , K.R. Saxena ISBN: 9789054102991 Format: Hardback	$378.00
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Dam Hydraulics

Dam Hydraulics
Author: D. L. Vischer (ETH-Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland) , W. H. Hager (ETH-Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland) ISBN: 9780471972891 Format: Paperback	$133.95
As thousands of large dams have to be maintained and refurbished within the next decade, the art of designing dams... Read More >>

Dams as Aid: A political anatomy of Nordic development thinking

Dams as Aid: A political anatomy of Nordic development...
Author: Ann Danaiya Usher ISBN: 9780415154642 Format: Hardback	$294.00
Brings together key issues in the aid/environment/development debate. Through her examination of dams, Usher sheds... Read More >>

Dam Breach Modeling Technology

Dam Breach Modeling Technology
Author: V.P. Singh ISBN: 9780792339250 Format: Hardback	$385.44
Dams are constructed for economic development, and their construction involves large investments of money, and natural... Read More >>

Hydraulic Design of Spillways

Hydraulic Design of Spillways
Author: U S Army Corps of Engineers ISBN: 9780784400784 Format: Paperback	$124.08
Presents guidance for the hydraulic design of spillways for flood control or multipurpose dams. Discussing spillway... Read More >>

Energy Dissipators: IAHR Hydraulic Structures Design Manuals 9

Energy Dissipators: IAHR Hydraulic Structures Design...
Author: W.H. Hager , D.L. Vischer ISBN: 9789054101987 Format: Hardback	$275.00
This volume examines energy dissipators mainly in connection with dam structures and provides a review of design... Read More >>

Basics of Reservoir Engineering

Basics of Reservoir Engineering
Author: Rene Cosse ISBN: 9782710806301 Format: Hardback	$290.40
The volume provides clear and concise information on reservoir engineering methods, ranging from specific geological... Read More >>

Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams: Design, Performance, and Research Needs

Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams: Design, Performance,...
Author: National Research Council , Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ISBN: 9780309043366 Format: Paperback	$105.60
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Evaluation Procedures for Hydrologic Safety of Dams

Evaluation Procedures for Hydrologic Safety of Dams...
Author: ISBN: 9780872626522 Format: Hardback	$50.46
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Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria

Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria
Author: Water Science and Technology Board , Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams ISBN: 9780309035323 Format: Paperback	$224.40
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Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria

Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria
Author: Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams , Water Science and Technology Board ISBN: 9780309075060 Format: Paperback	$163.68
Reviews practices in designing dams to withstand extreme hydrologic and seismic events - from earth tectonics and... Read More >>

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