The Hydropolitics of Dams

Name: The Hydropolitics of Dams
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Engineering or Ecosystems?

By Mark Everard

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The Hydropolitics of Dams examines the complex history and impact of large dams on ecosystems and communities. It explores heavy engineering and ecosystem-based water management approaches, advocating for a synthesis of methods to sustainably manage the water cycle. The book also discusses political, economic and legal aspects of water management, featuring case studies from China, India and South Africa to highlight more suitable physical and social technologies for clean water access.
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Ideal for students, researchers and professionals in environmental science, water resource management, and policy studies, as well as anyone interested in sustainable development and ecological conservation.

A fascinating examination of the benefits and downsides of large dams, this book explores the political, economic and environmental impact and importance of water management policy practised across the world.

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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 from China, India and South Africa, this insightful new book argues that there are more appropriate physical and social technologies that can help to sustainably provide access to clean water for all.

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Praised for its insightful and timely analysis, the book is recognised for blending engineering and ecosystem solutions to address global water management challenges. Arlin Rickard commends its rich examples and inspirational approach to sustainable water management. It is noted as an essential guide amid renewed interest in dam construction, providing a well-reasoned, scientific and value-centred argument for protecting river systems and eco-sensitive practices.

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ISBN: 9781780325408

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 August 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Zed Books Ltd

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 402g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Dr Mark Everard's work in all four sectors of society - private, public, academic and voluntary - has taken him across five continents to undertake applied research, policy development and capacity-building relating to the ways in which people connect with ecosystems. The author of twelve other books, including Common Ground (Zed Books, 2011), over sixty peer-reviewed scientific papers and over two hundred technical magazine articles, Mark is also a communicator on sustainability and wider aquatic matters on TV and radio. He has served on numerous government advisory and expert groups in the UK, as well as advising other governments and multinational corporations on sustainability matters. His specialty is on the water environment, land uses across the catchments that influence it, the pressures that people impose upon it and the many often unrecognised benefits that they derive from it. Mark's work includes environmental ethics and economics as a means to bring our intimate interdependencies with ecosystems into the mainstream of public awareness and government thinking.