Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1843395401 ISBN 13: 9781843395409

Verlag: IWA Publishing, 2012

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Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia presents the major achievements in the scientific fields of water supply technologies and management throughout the millennia. It provides valuable insights into ancient water supply technologies with their apparent characteristics of durability, adaptability to the environment, and sustainability. A comparison of the water technological developments in several civilizations is undertaken. These technologies are the underpinning of modern achievements in water engineering and management practices. It is the best proof that "the past is the key for the future." Rapid technological progress in the twentieth century created a disregard for past water technologies that were considered to be far behind the present ones. There are a great deal of unresolved problems related to the management principles, such as the decentralization of the processes, the durability of the water projects, the cost effectiveness, and sustainability issues such as protection from floods and droughts. In the developing world, such problems were intensified to an unprecedented degree. Moreover, new problems have arisen such as the contamination of surface and groundwater. Naturally, intensification of unresolved problems led societies to revisit the past and to reinvestigate the successful past achievements. To their surprise, those who attempted this retrospect, based on archaeological, historical, and technical evidence were impressed by two things: the similarity of principles with present ones and the advanced level of water engineering and management practices.

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Andreas N. Angelakis, Institute of Iraklion, National Foundation for Agricultural Research (N.AG.RE.F.), Greece Larry W. Mays, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, USA Demetris Koutsoyiannis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Nikos Manassis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

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• Verlag: IWA Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1843395401
• ISBN 13: 9781843395409
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 584
• Herausgeber: Angelakis Andreas N., Mays Larry W., Koutsoyiannis Demetris