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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams

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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams - McCully, Patrick
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This study 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 others.

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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams 1996, Zed Books, New York

ISBN-13: 9781856494359

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Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams 1996, Zed Books, New York

ISBN-13: 9781856494366

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