National water resources challenges facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers /

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation's water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood control levees, multi-purpose dams, locks, navigation channels, port and harbor facilities, and beach...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning, National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Temas:
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers.
United States. > Army. > Corps of Engineers
Water-supply > United States > Management.
Water resources development > United States.
Water-supply engineering > United States.
Hydraulic engineering > United States.
Eau > Approvisionnement > États-Unis > Gestion.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > États-Unis.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Technique > États-Unis.
Technologie hydraulique > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Hydrology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Strategic Planning.
Hydraulic engineering
Water resources development
Water-supply engineering
Water-supply > Management
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Twenty-first-century Water Resources Planning and
  • Management
  • National Water Management Infrastructure and Investments
  • Corps of Engineering Capacities and Planning
  • Authorization and Appropriations Process
  • Decentralization of Planning and Operational Decisions
  • Traditional Responsibilities and Expanding Missions
  • Future Prospects for the Corps in National Water Resources
  • Management and Leadership
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIXES
  • Guest Speakers at Committee Meetings
  • Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program Statistics
  • Biographical Information: Committee on U.S. Army Corps of
  • Engineers Science, Engineering, and Planning.

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