Prehistoric Inca Highway Drainage Engineering

Prehistoric Inca Highway Drainage Engineering

The Inca connected their large empire via massive highway projects that stretched from the Equator to northern Chile. This public works engineering included drainage and flood control structures that still function today, after 500 years.

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Veröffentlicht in:Water resources impact 2005-05, Vol.7 (3), p.22-25
1. Verfasser: Foss, D W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Civil engineering
Culverts
Drainage water
Environmental engineering
FEATURE ARTICLES
Highway engineering
Highways
Incan culture
Municipal engineering
Stormwater sewer systems
Water conservation
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Zusammenfassung:The Inca connected their large empire via massive highway projects that stretched from the Equator to northern Chile. This public works engineering included drainage and flood control structures that still function today, after 500 years.
ISSN:1522-3175