Hoover Dam, an astonishingly graceful curve of concrete pushing back the Colorado River to fill its deep canyon on the Arizona-Nevada border, unleashed the big dam era.
An edition of Silenced rivers
(1996)
Silenced rivers
the ecology and politics of large dams
by Patrick McCully
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Gestion de l'environnement, Barrages, Social aspects, Dams, Environmental aspects, Aspect social, Aspect de l'environnement, Stuwdammen, Aspect économique, Ecologische aspecten, Economic aspects, Politieke aspecten, Economic aspects of Dams, Environmental aspects of Dams, Social aspects of Dams, Dams -- Environmental aspects, Dams -- Social aspects, Dams -- Economic aspects, Environmental policy, political aspects| Edition | Availability |
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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
December 7, 2001, Zed Books
Hardcover
in English
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1856499014 9781856499019
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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
May 1, 1998, South Asia Books
Hardcover
- 1 edition
8125011870 9788125011873
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Silenced rivers: the ecology and politics of large dams
1996, Zed Books
in English
1856494357 9781856494359
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Silenced rivers: the ecology and politics of large dams
1996, Zed Books
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Book Details
Table of Contents
The power and the water
Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams
Temples of doom: the human consequences of dams
When things fall apart: the technical failures of large dams
Empty promises: the elusive benefits of large dams
Paradise lost: dams and irrigation
The wise use of watersheds
Energy: revolution or catastrophe?
Industry applies, man conforms: the political economy of damming
We will not move: the international anti-dam movement.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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