Silenced Rivers
The Ecology And Politics Of Large Dams
(Sprache: Englisch)
This is an updated edition of a classic study of one of the most controversial environmental and development issues - dam building. It explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become such a contentious issue.
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This is an updated edition of a classic study of one of the most controversial environmental and development issues - dam building. It explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become such a contentious issue.
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Entirely updated in the light of the recent World Commission on Dams Report, and responding to it, this new edition of Patrick McCully's now classic study shows why large dams have become such a controversial technology in both industrialized and developing countries. The book explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become so controversial. It details the ecological and human impacts of large dams, and shows how the 'national interest' argument is used to legitimize uneconomic and unjust projects which benefit elites while impoverishing tens of millions, describes the technical, safety and economic problems of dam technology, the structure of the international dam-building industry, and the role played by international banks and aid agencies.It tells the story of the rapid growth of the international anti-dam movement, and recounts some of the most important anti-dam campaigns around the world. McCully shows how the dam lobby andgovernments have reacted to criticism by cosmetic 'greening' of the dam-building process, and through state repression outlines the alternatives to dams, and argues that their replacement by less destructive alternatives requires the opening up of the industry's practices to public scrutiny.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Silenced Rivers “
A New Order for Rivers and Society: The World Commission on Dams and Beyond
1. The Power and the Water
2. Rivers No More: The Environmental Effects of Dams
3. Temples of Doom: The Human Consequences of Dams
4. When Things Fall Apart: The Technical Failures of Large Dams
5. Empty Promises: The Elusive Benefits of Large Dams
6. Paradise Lost: Dams and Irrigation
7. The Wise Use of Watersheds
8. Energy: Revolution or Catastrophe?
9. Industry Applies, Man Conforms: The Political Economy of Damming
10. We Will Not Move: The International Anti-Dam Movement
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- Autor: Patrick Mccully
- 2001, 2. Aufl., 359 Seiten, Maße: 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 1856499022
- ISBN-13: 9781856499026
Sprache:
Englisch
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