Dam the rivers, damn the people
Subtitle: development and resistence in Amazonian Brazil
By: Barbara J. Cummings.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781844079445
Subjects: Natural resources -- Amazon River Region; Natural resources -- Brazil; Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Amazon River Region; Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Brazil; Water-power -- Amazon River Region; Water-power -- Brazil; Rain forests -- Amazon River Region -- Management; Rain forests -- Brazil -- Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Amazonian development : an overview; title: Dams in the rainforest : what do we know?; title: The 2010 plan; title: Balbina : a case study; title: Altamira-Xingu : birth of the resistance; title: Under the politics of development; title: Prospects for the future.