Inter-basin water transfer : case studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China, and India / by Fereidoun Ghassemi and Ian White
- Bib ID:
- 3920127
- Format:
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- Author:
- Ghassemi, F. (Fereidoun), 1940-
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- Table of contents only
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
- xxvi, 435 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780521869690
- 0521869692
- Series:
- International hydrology series
- Full contents:
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- 1. World population and pressures on land, water and food resources
- 2. Issues in inter-basin water transfer
- 3. Land and water resources of Australia
- 4. The Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme
- 5. Inter-basin water transfer from coastal basins of New South Wales
- 6. The Bradfield and Reid schemes in Queensland
- 7. Three schemes for flooding Lake Eyre
- 8. The Goldfields pipeline scheme of Western Australia
- 9. Supplying Perth, Western Australia with water : the Kimberley pipeline scheme
- 10. Other schemes in Australia
- 11. Inter-basin water transfer in the United States of America
- 12. Inter-basin water transfer in Canada
- 13. Inter-basin water transfer in China
- 14. India : The National River-Linking Project
- 15. Inter-basin water transfer, successes, failures and the future
- App. A. Some of the Australian pioneers of inter-basin water transfer
- App. B. Construction timetable of the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme
- App. C. Details of diversion schemes from the Clarence River Basin
- App. D. Chronological table of the most important events in the Goldfields pipeline scheme, Western Australia
- App. E. Flooding of the Sahara depressions
- App. F. The Ord River irrigation scheme
- App. G. The West Kimberley irrigation scheme
- App. H. Some other water transfer schemes in Australia
- App. I. Selected technical features of the Central Valley Project in California
- App. J. Selected technical features of the State Water Project in California
- App. K. Selected characteristics of some of the completed or proposed inter-basin water transfer projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, in chronological order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- White, Ian, 1943-
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