Silenced rivers
Subtitle: the ecology and politics of large dams
By: Patrick McCully
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; Atlantic Highlands, N.J., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781856494359; 9781856494366
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The power and the water; title: Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams; title: Temples of doom: the human consequences of dams; title: When things fall apart: the technical failures of large dams; title: Empty promises: the elusive benefits of large dams; title: Paradise lost: dams and irrigation; title: The wise use of watersheds; title: Energy: revolution or catastrophe?; title: Industry applies, man conforms: the political economy of damming; title: We will not move: the international anti-dam movement.