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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams

Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams


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A study which explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become so controversial. The ecological and human impacts of large dams are detailed along with the technical, safety and economic problems of dam technology. Alternatives to dams are outlined.

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; afterword - from the dam to the watershed.

About the Author :
Patrick McCully is Campaigns Director of the California-based International Rivers Network. He is also an Associate Editor of The Ecologist and a contributing writer for Multinational Monitor. Previous to that he was Co-editor of The Ecologist and at one time also worked for an environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Uruguay. Since 1992 he has worked with activists in India opposing the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River. He is co-author of two books, Imperilled Planet (1990) and The Road to Rio: An NGO Action Guide to the Earth Summit (1992).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781856494366
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1856494365
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 1996
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Sub Title: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams


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