The Hydropolitics of Dams: Engineering or Ecosystems?

by Mark Everard

The Hydropolitics of Dams charts the troubled waters of 'heavy engineering' approaches to ecosystem management, exploring the history, benefits and problems of large dams. It then explores diverse ecosystem-based approaches to management of human interactions with the water cycle, concluding that a synthesis of approaches is needed in future. The book also addresses political, economic and legal dimensions of water management. Featuring case studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780325401
• ISBN13: 9781780325408
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"