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- Title
Schützzüge – über 4000 Jahre alt und immer noch modern!
- Authors
Koch, Frank
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of design and functions of protective flood control gates. Topics include irrigation and flood control laws and standards devised by King Hammurabi of Babylonia nearly 4000 years ago in the Codex Hammurabi; the Water Framework Directive of the European Union which directs its member states to maintain waters in a good ecological and chemical condition; and regulatory effect of flood control gates for opening and closing of locks, ditch and pond barriers.
- Subjects
FLOOD control barriers; FLOOD control equipment; HYDRAULIC structure design &; construction; FLOOD dams &; reservoirs; CODE of Hammurabi
- Publication
Wasserkraft und Energie, 2021, Issue 3, p22
- ISSN
0947-5036
- Publication type
Article