Wetlands Drainage, River Modification and Sectoral Conflict in the Lower Illinois Valley, 1890-1930
«Wetlands Drainage, River Modification, and Sectoral Conflict in the Lower Illinois Valley, 1890-1930 is the only detailed account of the demise of natural wetlands along the Illinois River and the development of levee systems and their effect on wetlands. It is one of the most superior scholarly works I have reviewed.-Robert Mohlenbrock»
John Thompson provides a historical account of the development process, sectoral conflicts, and outcomes related to major alterations of land and water relationships, as well as habit changes, caused in the valley downstream from Peoria by the large-scale reclamations for agriculture and the post-1900 intrusion of large volumes of waste water from the Sanitary and Ship Canal of Chicago. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780809323982
- Utgave
- 3. utg.
- Utgivelsesår
- 2001
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«Wetlands Drainage, River Modification, and Sectoral Conflict in the Lower Illinois Valley, 1890-1930 is the only detailed account of the demise of natural wetlands along the Illinois River and the development of levee systems and their effect on wetlands. It is one of the most superior scholarly works I have reviewed.-Robert Mohlenbrock»