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... means build on steep slopes . Any slope of more than 25 per cent should be prohibited to development , should not be cropped . It should be forest . ” McHarg locates the aquifer , the place where surface water and ground water ...
... means build on steep slopes . Any slope of more than 25 per cent should be prohibited to development , should not be cropped . It should be forest . ” McHarg locates the aquifer , the place where surface water and ground water ...
Page 84
... mean ? It means the runway continues in use , with its measure of damage and pollution , until the Dade County Port Authority and the Federal government agree upon a site - at no cost to the Port Authority . That means the U.S. taxpayer ...
... mean ? It means the runway continues in use , with its measure of damage and pollution , until the Dade County Port Authority and the Federal government agree upon a site - at no cost to the Port Authority . That means the U.S. taxpayer ...
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... means is not clear , though it probably means land actually sprayed . But Dr. Woodwell , speaking at a Rockefeller University - New York Botanical Gardens symposium , said that 1,000,000,000 pounds of DDT and its derivatives are now ...
... means is not clear , though it probably means land actually sprayed . But Dr. Woodwell , speaking at a Rockefeller University - New York Botanical Gardens symposium , said that 1,000,000,000 pounds of DDT and its derivatives are now ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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