Author : Nanny Kim
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 2020
Category : China
ISBN : 9789004415096
Nanny Kim analyses two transports systems into the Southwest of Qing China, focussing on shipping on the Upper Changjiang and road transport into central Yunnan, examining concrete technologies, economics, and the transporters in local societies and environments.
Author : Nanny Kim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 900441617X
The commercialized economy of late imperial China depended on efficient transport, yet transport technologies, transport economics as well as its role in local societies and in interdependencies of environments and human activities are acutely under-researched. Nanny Kim analyses two transports systems into the Southwest of Qing China through the long eighteenth century and up to the mid-nineteenth century civil wars. The case studies explore shipping on the Upper Changjiang in Sichuan and through the Three Gorges into Hubei, and road transport out of the Sichuan Basin across northeastern Yunnan and northwestern Guizhou into central Yunnan. Specific and concrete investigations of a river that presented extreme dangers to navigation and carriage across the crunch zone of the Himalayan Plateau provides a basis for a systematic reconstruction of transport outside the lowland centres and their convenient networks of water transport.
Author : Gareth J. Hearn
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781862393318
Provides a complete guide to the study, design, construction and management of landslide and slope engineering measures for mountain roads, with emphasis on low-cost. The geographical focus is on the tropics and sub-tropics, but is also highly relevant to other regions where heavy rain, steep slopes and weak soils and rocks combine to create slope instability. The causes and mechanisms of landslides are described, and the hazards they pose to mountain roads are illustrated. Methods of desk study, field mapping and ground investigation are reviewed and illustrated, with emphasis on geomorphological and engineering geological techniques. The design and construction of alignments, earthworks, drainage, retaining structures, the stabilization of soil slopes and rock slopes, and the control of erosion on slopes and in streams covered. Slope management as part of road maintenance and operation is reviewed, and procedures for risk assessment and works prioritization are described.
Author : Ellen E. Wohl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300084849
"This book fills an important gap with a clear and comprehensive explanation of how rivers are changed by human activity. The book also includes a generous selection of striking historical and contemporary photographs, maps, and diagrams that provide a fresh perspective on the extent to which the rivers of the Colorado Front Range have undergone change during the last two centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Ellen E. Wohl
Publisher : American Geophysical Union
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 32,6 MB
Release : 2000
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Ellen Wohl
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 38,58 MB
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1118671686
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Resources Monograph Series, Volume 19. What are the forms and processes characteristic of mountain rivers and how do we know them? Mountain Rivers Revisited, an expanded and updated version of the earlier volume Mountain Rivers, answers these questions and more. Here is the only comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge about mountain rivers available. While continuing to focus on physical process and form in mountain rivers, the text also addresses the influences of tectonics, climate, and land use on rivers, as well as water chemistry, hyporheic exchange, and riparian and aquatic ecology. With its numerous illustrations and references, hydrologists, geomorphologists, civil and environmental engineers, ecologists, resource planners, and their students will find this book an essential resource. Ellen Wohl received her Ph.D. in geology in 1988 from the University of Arizona. Since then, she has worked primarily on mountain and bedrock rivers in diverse environments.
Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
Page : 1512 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN :
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1400 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN :
Author : Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division
Publisher :
Page : 1436 pages
File Size : 14,82 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN :
Author : Fred Beckey
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 36,17 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780898864236
The long-awaited revision of Fred Beckey's comprehensive and indispensable climbing guide is here at last. The first volume in the classic Cascade Alpine Guide series, Columbia River to Stevens Pass features expert information on more than 300 climbing and high routes, including Mount Rainier. Here you'll find geographical, historical, and geological overviews of the majestic North Cascades region, plus important tips on safety and backcountry usage and enough technical and grade information to make clear exactly what type of route you are embarking upon. The new, third edition is thoroughly revised and updated with new maps and photos, plus all the most recent resource materials. Without a doubt, this exhaustive resource should be a staple in every serious mountaineer's collection.
