Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large DamsEntirely updated in the 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. The book explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become so controversial. 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. |
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... energy policies , industry and government bodies continue to draw up energy use fore- casts which imply that the world will boldly mine , drill , dam , burn and pollute its way to ecological catastrophe during the twenty - first century ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | viii |
Introduction to the Updated Edition | xv |
The Power and the Water | 1 |
Copyright | |
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