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The greater common good

The greater common good

Arundhati Roy - Nature - 1999 - 76 pages
Article on Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) Project
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The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity

The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity

Sandra Postel - Nature - 1997 - 239 pages
Argues that a long history of mismanagement of water resources has endangered our water supplies, suggests ways to conserve water, and discusses the economic, political, and ...
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Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power

Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power

Sanjeev Khagram - Technology & Engineering - 2004 - 270 pages
Big dams built for irrigation, power, water supply, and other purposes were among the most potent symbols of economic development for much of the twentieth century. Of late ...
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

Marc Reisner - History - 1993 - 608 pages
Newly updated, this timely history of the struggle to discover and control water in the American West is a tale of rivers diverted and damned, political corruption and intrigue ...
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Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the ...

Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the ...

Bruce Rich - Business & Economics - 1995 - 376 pages
The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment, and the Crisis of Development "A detailed and thought-provoking look at an important subject from the viewpoint of a passionate ...
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The social and environmental effects of large dams
Lesotho lowlands water supply feasibility study: inception report
The dammed: rivers, dams, and the coming world water crisis
Environmental impact assessment of Tehri Dam
Dam vs drinking water: exploring the Narmada judgement