Is dilution the solution to pollution? Municipal sewerage systems in late nineteenth century San Francisco and London

Berkeley Planning Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 61-76

  Smith, Brooke Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PLANNING HISTORY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWER NETWORK; STORMWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CALIFORNIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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