Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams by McCully, Patrick

Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781856499026)

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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams by McCully, Patrick

Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition

$59.95
Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams by McCully, Patrick

Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams: Enlarged and Updated Edition

$59.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Patrick McCully
ISBN-10: 1856499022
ISBN-13: 9781856499026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2001
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.46w x 1.07d
By Patrick McCully
By Patrick McCully
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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. 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).
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. 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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