Damming the Delaware: The Rise and Fall of Tocks Island Dam 2nd edition - Couverture souple

Albert, Richard C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271027452 ISBN 13 : 9780271027456

Editeur : Penn State University Press, 2009

Synopsis

First published in 1987 and named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book the following year, Damming the Delaware is the definitive study of two hundred years of water management history along the Delaware River. The history of the Tocks Island Dam Project is traced from an early 1783 antidam treaty, through the highly emotional environmental controversy in the 1970s, to the historic Good Faith agreement of the 1980s. The story involves the water politics of four states, two major U.S. cities, and the federal government, plus the influence of the environmental movement over major public works projects. In this second edition, the author updates the Tocks Island/Delaware River story to 2005. A major shift in the underlying philosophies of Delaware River management during the intervening years is described along with various successes and failures in water management. A Foreword to the second edition is written by Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper and Executive Director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization that has both successfully fought dam projects and removed existing dams.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard C. Albert is Restoration Director/Scientist with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. He previously worked for the Delaware River Basin Commission and other agencies. His numerous publications include Along the Delaware River (2002).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penn State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0271027452
• ISBN 13: 9780271027456
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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