Dams, Displacement and the Delusion of Development : Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965 - 2007 /

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Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skill...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Isaacman, Allen F. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Isaacman, Barbara
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Umweltschaden
Umweltveränderung
Umsiedlung
Energiewirtschaft
Rural conditions.
Forced migration.
Economic development projects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > Africa > South > General.
Projets de developpement economique > Mozambique.
Forced migration > Zambezi River Valley.
Economic development projects > Mozambique.
Cabora-Bassa-Staudamm
Sambesi
Moçambique
Zambezi River Valley.
Mozambique > Cahora Bassa Dam.
Mozambique.
Zambeze, Vallee du > Conditions rurales.
Barragem de Cahora Bassa (Mozambique) > Histoire.
Zambezi River Valley > Rural conditions.
Cahora Bassa Dam (Mozambique) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Cahora Bassa in broader perspective
  • The Zambezi River Valley in Mozambican history : an overview
  • Harnessing the river : high modernism and building the dam, 1965-75
  • Displaced people : forced eviction and life in the protected villages, 1970-75
  • The Lower Zambezi : remaking nature, transforming the landscape, 1975-2007
  • Displaced energy
  • Legacies.

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