Large Dams Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Scudder, Thayer (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Θέματα: Sustainable development.; Economic geography.; Environmental management.; Environmental economics.; Hydrology.; Ethnology.; Sustainable Development.; Economic Geography.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Economics.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Social Anthropology.

This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine communities and on free-flowing rivers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Following the Foreword by Professor Asit K. Biswas, the first section covers the 1956-1973 period, when the auth...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction of the Book
• 1956-1973: I Believe Large Dams Provide An Exceptional Opportunity For Integrated River Basin Development
• 1976-1995: The International Research Activities of the Institute for Development Anthropology and Increasing Concerns About The Environmental and Socio-Economic Costs of Large Dams for Free Flowing Rivers and River Basin Communities
• My Increasing Disillusionment with The Planning, Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Large Dams Especially as Illustrated by The World Bank-The Largest and Most Influential Financier of Large Dams
• Postscript In Search of a Career and Myself.