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- Book Title
- Silenced Rivers
- Publication Name
- Silenced Rivers : the Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
- Title
- Silenced Rivers
- Subtitle
- The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1856499022
- EAN
- 9781856499026
- ISBN
- 9781856499026
- Publisher
- ZED Books, The Limited
- Genre
- Science Nature & Math
- Topic
- Technology & Engineering
- Release Date
- 26/10/2001
- Release Year
- 2001
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 19.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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Entirely updated in light of the recent World Commission on Dams Report, and responding to it, this new edition of Patrick McCully's now classic study shows why large dams have become such a controversial technology in both industrialized and developing countries. He explores the wide-ranging ecological impacts of large dams, the human consequences, the organization of the dam-building industry, and the role played by international banks and aid agencies in promoting it. He also looks as the extensive technical, safety, and economic problems associated with large dams. New in this edition, the author tells the story of the rapid growth of the international anti-dam movement, and suggests alternative methods of supplying the services supposedly provided by large dams.
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Publisher
ZED Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1856499022
ISBN-13
9781856499026
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1841024
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Silenced Rivers : the Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Td195.D35m33 2001
Edition Description
Enlarged Edition,Revised Edition
Edition Number
2
Reviews
"A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams." Tom Athanasiou, author of Dived Planet "The best-researched, best-written account ever of what we have done to our rivers." Catherine Caufield, author of In the Rainforest "This book contains a powerful plea for the world to adopt a sane and restrained river policy for the next century." Stewart L. Udall, US Secretary of the Interior, 1960-68, "If you want to read a truly dazzling book on Big Dams, drop mine and read this" -- Arundhati Roy "A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams. McCully's book should be required reading for all politicians and a prime text for engineering schools." -- Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth US "This book has brilliantly consolidated all the scientific, environmental, social and economic evidence, backed by case studies from every continent, proving clearly the non-viability and non-sustainability of large dams. Those of us struggling against such dams in Third World countries desperately need this book." -- Nalni Jayal, secretary of the Himalaya Trust, Dehra Dun, India, "A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams." -Tom Athanasiou, author of Dived Planet "The best-researched, best-written account ever of what we have done to our rivers." -Catherine Caufield, author of In the Rainforest "This book contains a powerful plea for the world to adopt a sane and restrained river policy for the next century." -Stewart L. Udall, US Secretary of the Interior, 1960-68, 'A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams. McCully provides enormously instructive information for those seeking to learn about the astonishing array of impacts caused by damming rivers and what is being done to look at alternatives and to resist the powerful dam-building lobby. McCully's book should be required reading for all politicians and a prime text for engineering schools' - Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth, US'This book has brilliantly consolidated all the scientific, environmental, social and economic evidence, backed by case studies from every continent, proving clearly the non-viability and non-sustainability of large dams. Those of us struggling against such dams in Third World countries desperately need this book' - Nalni Jayal, Secretary, Himalaya Trust, Dehra Dun, India'Patrick McCully's Silenced Rivers could not come at a better time. Now, with Silenced Rivers, we have strong medicine against the Prometean capitalism of the hydrologic engineers. It's all here. The power and the glory, the money and the lies, the fear, the broken dreams, the inescapable geological, financial and ecological realities. And, from California to India to Nepal to China, the grassroots resistance... You need a good book on dams. Here it is' - Tom Athanasiou, author of 'Divided Planet: the Ecology of Rich and Poor''If you want to read a truly dazzling book on Big Dams, drop mine and read this' - Arundhati Roy, author of 'The God of Small Things' and Booker Prizewinner
Table of Content
A New Order for Rivers and Society: The World Commission on Dams and Beyond 1. The Power and the Water 2. Rivers No More: The Environmental Effects of Dams 3. Temples of Doom: The Human Consequences of Dams 4. When Things Fall Apart: The Technical Failures of Large Dams 5. Empty Promises: The Elusive Benefits of Large Dams 6. Paradise Lost: Dams and Irrigation 7. The Wise Use of Watersheds 8. Energy: Revolution or Catastrophe? 9. Industry Applies, Man Conforms: The Political Economy of Damming 10. We Will Not Move: The International Anti-Dam Movement Appendixes
Copyright Date
2001
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Civil / Dams & Reservoirs, Economics / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Lccn
2001-017625
Dewey Decimal
333.91/6214
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Political Science
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