Empire of water : an environmental and political history of the New York City water supply /

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Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soll, David, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Water-supply > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Water-supply > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Watershed management > New York (State) > New York > History.
Water-supply engineering > New York (State) > New York > History.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect de l'environnement > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Technique > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Water-supply engineering
Water-supply > Environmental aspects
Water-supply > Political aspects
Watershed management
New York (State) > New York
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the evolution of a water system
  • From Croton to Catskill
  • Up country
  • Drought, delays, and the Delaware
  • Back to the Supreme Court
  • The water system and the urban crisis
  • The rise of watershed management
  • Implementing the watershed agreement.

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