Author: Michael C. RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
History of Navigation in the Ohio River Basin
Author: Michael C. RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio River
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Always a River
Author: Robert L. ReidPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Ohio River Basin Navigation System ... Report
Author: Fifty Years on the Mississippi; Or, Gould's History of River Navigation
Author: Emerson W. GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 792
Book Description
Report on the Ohio River Basin Navigational System
Author: Lower Ohio River Navigation Study: Appendix A
Author: The Central Water-line from the Ohio River to the Virginia Capes
Author: Edward LorrainePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Precious Commodity
Author: Martin V. MelosiPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822977761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, and individual and corporate abuse. It has also become an object of commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens, and if government is responsible for its distribution as a public good. Melosi provides historical background on the construction, administration, and adaptability of water supply and wastewater systems in urban America. He cites budgetary constraints and the deterioration of existing water infrastructures as factors leading many municipalities to seriously consider the privatization of their water supply. Melosi also views the role of government in the management of, development of, and legal jurisdiction over America’s rivers and waterways for hydroelectric power, flood control, irrigation, and transportation access. Looking to the future, he compares the costs and benefits of public versus private water supply, examining the global movement toward privatization.
The Kentucky River Navigation
Author: Mary VerhoeffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kentucky River
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Throughout the Southern Appalachians the topography of the river basins is so closely related to the economic life of the people that the geographer and geologist, the historian and sociologist find here a meeting round. To all of them, there is offered a vast, unexploited field for intensive investigation. The Kentucky River is in many respects a typical stream of the region. It is of national significance in that the United States Government has expended large sums for its improvement, and must provide for the maintenance of the slack-water system now almost completed.
The History of Large Federal Dams
Author: David P. BillingtonPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160728235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
Explores the story of Federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction.