Large Dams - Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Water Resources Development and Management
Release date:	October 2018
First published:	2019
Authors:	Thayer Scudder
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	284
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-981-13-2549-6
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	981-13-2549-9
Barcode:	9789811325496

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