Engineering earth : the impacts of megaengineering projects
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Stanley D Brunn
- ناشر : Dordrecht ; New York : Springer,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
- شابک / ISBN : 9789048199204
Description
I: Introduction.- II: GIS, ICT's and K-Economies.- III:Agriculture, Fishing and Mining Projects.- IV: Energy and Industrial Projects.- V: Transportation Projects.- VI: Construction Companies and Corporation Strategies.- VII: Megafacilities, Designs and Architecture.- VIII: Tourism, Recreation and Amenity Landscapes.- IX: Reconstructing and Restoring Nature.- X: River Diversion and Coastal Reclamation Projects.- XI: Dams.- XII: Military, Security, and Risk Landscapes.- XIII: Sociallly Engineered Landscapes.- XIV: Political Organization of Space.- XV: Earth and Planetary Engineering
This is the first book to examine the actual impact of physical and social engineering projects in more than fifty countries from a multidisciplinary perspective. Detailed maps and photographs illustrate the megaprojects themselves and the impacts they have.