| Large Dams: Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Scudder, Thayer (Author) |
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ISBN: 9811347891 ISBN-13: 9789811347894 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Series: Water Resources Development and Management |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 author believed that large dams provided an exceptional opportunity for integrated river basin development. In turn, the second section (1976-1997) reflects the author's increasing concerns about the magnitude of the socio-economic and environmental costs of large dams, while the third (1998-2018) discusses why large dams are in fact not cost-effective in the long term. |
