Industrial Topography, Groundwater, and the Contours of Environmental Knowledge

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4489164
AutoresC E Colten (0000-0001-9549-3650, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen88
Número2
Páginas199-218
Fecha de publicación1998-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.1998.tb00105.x
OpenAlexW2121761182
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas20

Civil engineers have played a central role in reshaping the physical environment during the past two centuries. Their accomplishments were made possible in no small measure by an ability to assess local hydrologic conditions and design structures to withstand the forces of water. Recent assertions that engineers had little comprehension of groundwater processes until the 1970s prompted an analysis of the engineering literature to reconstruct the state of knowledge up to the 1950s. Textbooks and manuals demonstrated that knowledge developed in constructing transportation lines, in draining cities and farms, in creating sewers, dams, canals, and lagoons, and in erecting manufacturing facilities contributed to design with groundwater in mind. In practice, this knowledge was available and drawn on, but the success of its application was inconsistent.Keywordsengineeringhydrologytransportation Additional informationNotes on contributorsCraig E. ColtenDr. Colten is an associate professor of geography at the Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 78666

Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Geography · Groundwater · Sanitary sewer · State (computer science · Archaeology and Natural History · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Water resources management and optimization