River Control in India Spatial, Governmental and Subjective Dimensions /

• Main Author: Baghel, Ravi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
• Subjects: Geography.; Environmental management.; Political science.; Physical geography.; Physical Geography.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Earth System Sciences.; Political Science.

Large river systems throughout the planet have been dramatically transformed due to river control projects such as large dams and embankments. Unlike other major human impacts like anthropogenic climate change, the alteration of river systems has been deliberate and planned by a small, powerful set...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Analytical Approaches to River Control
• Genealogy of the Hydraulic Mission
• Governmentality of River Embankment
• Subjectivity in Expert Advocacy
• Conclusion.