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Fish versus power : an environmental history of the Fraser River /
"Fish versus Power is an environmental history of the Fraser River (British Columbia) and the attempts to dam it for power and to defend it for salmon. Amid contemporary debates over large dam development and declines in fisheries, this book offers a case study of a river basin where developmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Studies in environment and history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Fish versus Power is an environmental history of the Fraser River (British Columbia) and the attempts to dam it for power and to defend it for salmon. Amid contemporary debates over large dam development and declines in fisheries, this book offers a case study of a river basin where development decisions did not ultimately dam the river, but rather conserved its salmon. Although the case is local, its implications are global as Evenden explores the transnational forces that shaped the river, the changing knowledge and practices of science, and the role of environmental change in shaping environmental debate. The Fraser is the world's most productive salmon river; it is also a large river with enormous waterpower potential. Very few rivers in the developed world have remained undammed. On the Fraser, however, fish--not dams--triumphed, and this book seeks to explain why."--Publisher's description |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511512032 0511512031 0511210329 9780511210327 051121569X 9780511215698 0511213905 9780511213908 1107148324 9781107148321 1280516089 9781280516085 9786610516087 6610516081 0511314299 9780511314292 0511213883 9780511213885 9780521041034 0521041031 |