Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
Subtitle: Enlarged and Updated Edition
Edition: Updated edition
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: December 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781856499026
Subjects: Applied ecology; Development studies; Management of land & natural resources; Pollution & threats to the environment; Political Science; Environmental aspects; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Social aspects; General; Real Estate - General; Business & Economics / Real Estate; Political Science / General; Political Science-General; Economic aspects; International Relations - General; Dams
First sentence: 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.