Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1856494357 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Udall, US Secretary of the Interior, 1960-68. “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
It details the ecological and human impacts of large dams, and shows how the 'national interest' argument is used to legitimize uneconomic and unjust projects which benefit elites while impoverishing tens of millions describes the technical, safety and economic problems of dam technology, the structure of the international dam-building industry, and the role played by international banks and aid agencies tells the story of the rapid growth of the international anti-dam movement, and recounts some of the most important anti-dam campaigns around the world shows how the dam lobby and governments have reacted to criticism by cosmetic 'greening' of the dam-building process, and through state repression outlines the alternatives to dams, and argues that their replacement by less destructive alternatives requires the opening up of the industry's practices to public scrutiny.. Silenced Rivers shows why large dams have become such a controversial technology in both industrialized and developing countries.The book explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become so controversial
The Dammed Truth japanfan It is a common argument that large dam construction opponents are radical, and are not thinking the "facts" through logically. It is a common argument that these so-called radicals are unconcerned with the greatest common good, and are concentrating on a few tribals and farmers who happened to have their lives destroyed for the sake of benefitin. The Politics of Dams and International Rivers Patrick McCully, author and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization International Rivers, updated the original Silenced Rivers to track recent progress on the impact of dam development internationally. Filled with helpful charts, graphs and tables, the book draws on the vast life experience of McCully and the World Commission on Dams to. "Richly detailed, thorough coverage of key topic." according to M. Lilly. This book excels at laying out the thousands of inter-related details that go into large dams: their geographic countenance, their economic costs and impact, the public health aspects and more. It makes links between facts that give valuable insight into the global dam market.Sobering at times, this book also showcases many successes which give