Water management in the English landscape : field, marsh and meadow /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cook, Hadrian F. (Editor), Williamson, Tom, 1955- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Water-supply, Agricultural > England.
Water conservation > England.
Landscape archaeology > England.
Water resources development > England.
Eau > Approvisionnement agricole > Angleterre.
Eau > Conservation > Angleterre.
Archéologie du paysage > Angleterre.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Angleterre.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Water-supply, Agricultural.
Water resources development.
Landscape archaeology.
Water conservation.
England.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: landscape, environment and history
  • 2. Soil and water management: principles and purposes
  • 3. The drainage of arable land in medieval England
  • 4. Post-medieval field drainage
  • 5. Arable land drainage in the nineteenth century
  • 6. Wetland soils
  • 7. Hydrological management in reclaimed wetlands
  • 8. Romano-British reclamation of coastal wetlands
  • 9. Medieval reclamation of marsh and fen
  • 10. Post-medieval drainage of marsh and fen
  • 11. Water meadows: their form, operation and plant ecology
  • 12. The development of water meadows in the southern countries
  • 13. Inappropiate technology? The history of 'floating' in the North and East of England
  • 14. Historical changes in the nature conservation interest of the Fens of Cambridgeshire
  • 15. Water management systems: drainage and conservation
  • References
  • Index.

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