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Title Two centuries of experience in water resources management : a Dutch-U.S. retrospective / editors, John Lonnquest, Bert Toussaint, Joe Manous Jr., Maurits Ertsen.

Publication Info. Alexandria, Virginia : Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ; [Utrecht?] : Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, 2014.

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 103.2:W 29/36    ---  Available
Description vii, 373 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / by Bert Toussaint and William F. Willingham -- Dutch water management in an era of revolution, restoration and the advance of liberalism, 1795-1850 / by Toon Bosch -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the evolution of navigation practice and policy, 1800-1865 / by Matthew T. Pearcy -- Large-scale projects in a liberal era, 1850-1900 / by Eric Berkers -- U.S. Army engineers in the era of single-purpose waterway improvements, 1865-1900 / by Leland R. Johnson -- From projects to systems: the emergence of a national hydraulic technocracy, 1900-1970 / by Nil Disco and Bert Toussaint -- U.S. era of progressivism and large public works, 1900-1970 / by William F. Willingham -- Environmentalism, renewed concern for flood safety, and the Europeanization of Dutch water policies, 1970-2010 / by Wim van Leussen and Sander Meijerink -- The U.S. moves towards more integrative approaches to water resources management, 1970-2010 / by William F. Willingham -- Two centuries of Dutch and U.S. experience: comparative perspective / by Bert Toussaint and William F. Willingham.
Subject United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Netherlands. Rijkswaterstaat.
Water resources development -- United States -- History.
Water resources development -- Netherlands -- History.
Water-supply -- United States -- Management.
Water-supply -- Netherlands -- Management.
Waterhuishouding. (NL-LeOCL)09101459X
Nederland. (NL-LeOCL)078600987
Verenigde Staten. (NL-LeOCL)078939836
Water-supply -- Management. (OCoLC)fst01172390
Netherlands. (OCoLC)fst01204034
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Lonnquest, John C. (John Clayton), 1958- editor. Editor.
Toussaint, Bert. Editor.
Manous, Joe, Jr. Editor.
Ertsen, Maurits W., 1968- Editor.
Institute for Water Resources (U.S.), issuing body.
Netherlands. Rijkswaterstaat, issuing body.
Other Form: Online version: Two centuries of experience in water resources in water resources management (OCoLC)909612300
Standard No. NLGGC 387369201
AU@ 000054806492
Gpo Item No. 0337
Sudoc No. D 103.2:W 29/36

 
    
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