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    Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure
    Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure
    Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure
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    Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure

    By F P Davidson, E G Frankl and C L Meador

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    This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska.
    • Describes a method of large-scale engineering for building a better world
    • Provides records and commentaries about significant engineering achievements
    • International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed and implemented
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateJun 1, 1997
    ISBN9781782420576
    Macro-Engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure
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    F P Davidson

    Frank P. Davidson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

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