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OverviewEntirely updated in the 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. The book explains the history and politics of dam building worldwide and shows why large dams have become so controversial. It details the ecological and human impacts of large dams, and shows how the 'national interest' argument is used to legitimize uneconomic and unjust projects which benefit elites while impoverishing tens of millions, describes the technical, safety and economic problems of dam technology, the structure of the international dam-building industry, and the role played by international banks and aid agencies. It tells the story of the rapid growth of the international anti-dam movement, and recounts some of the most important anti-dam campaigns around the world. McCully shows how the dam lobby and governments have reacted to criticism by cosmetic 'greening' of the dam-building process, and through state repression outlines the alternatives to dams, and argues that their replacement by less destructive alternatives requires the opening up of the industry's practices to public scrutiny. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick McCullyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 13.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.525kg ISBN: 9781856499026ISBN 10: 1856499022 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 26 October 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsA New Order for Rivers and Society: The World Commission on Dams and Beyond 1. The Power and the Water 2. Rivers No More: The Environmental Effects of Dams 3. Temples of Doom: The Human Consequences of Dams 4. When Things Fall Apart: The Technical Failures of Large Dams 5. Empty Promises: The Elusive Benefits of Large Dams 6. Paradise Lost: Dams and Irrigation 7. The Wise Use of Watersheds 8. Energy: Revolution or Catastrophe? 9. Industry Applies, Man Conforms: The Political Economy of Damming 10. We Will Not Move: The International Anti-Dam Movement AppendixesReviewsA superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams. --Tom Athanasiou, author of Dived Planet The best-researched, best-written account ever of what we have done to our rivers. --Catherine Caufield, author of In the Rainforest This book contains a powerful plea for the world to adopt a sane and restrained river policy for the next century. --Stewart L. Udall, US Secretary of the Interior, 1960-68 A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams. -- Tom Athanasiou, author of Dived Planet <br> The best-researched, best-written account ever of what we have done to our rivers. -- Catherine Caufield, author of In the Rainforest <br> This book contains a powerful plea for the world to adopt a sane and restrained river policy for the next century. -- Stewart L. Udall, US Secretary of the Interior, 1960-68<br> “A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams.” —Tom Athanasiou, author of Dived Planet <br>“The best-researched, best-written account ever of what we have done to our rivers.” —Catherine Caufield, author of In the Rainforest <br>“This book contains a powerful plea for the world to adopt a sane and restrained river policy for the next century.” —Stewart L. Udall, US Secretary of the Interior, 1960-68<br> If you want to read a truly dazzling book on Big Dams, drop mine and read this * Arundhati Roy * A superlative account of the plethora of problems with dams. McCully's book should be required reading for all politicians and a prime text for engineering schools. * Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth US * This book has brilliantly consolidated all the scientific, environmental, social and economic evidence, backed by case studies from every continent, proving clearly the non-viability and non-sustainability of large dams. Those of us struggling against such dams in Third World countries desperately need this book. * Nalni Jayal, secretary of the Himalaya Trust, Dehra Dun, India * Author InformationPatrick 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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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