Dams and development in China : the moral economy of water and power /

China is home to half of the world's large dams and adds dozens more each year. The benefits are considerable: dams deliver hydropower, provide reliable irrigation water, protect people and farmland against flooding, and produce hydroelectricity in a nation with a seeimingly insatiable appetite...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tilt, Bryan, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Series:Contemporary Asia in the world.
Subjects:
Dams > Social aspects > China > Yunan Xian.
Watershed management > China.
Hydroelectric power plants > China.
Energy policy > China.
Economic development > Social aspects > China.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > Chine.
Politique énergétique > Chine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Dams > Social aspects
Economic development > Social aspects
Energy policy
Hydroelectric power plants
Watershed management
China
China > Yunan Xian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The moral economy of water and power
  • Crisis and opportunity : water resources and dams in contemporary China
  • The Lancang River : coping with resettlement and agricultural change
  • The Nu River : anticipating development and displacement
  • Experts, assessments, and models : the science of decision making
  • People in the way : resettlement in policy and practice
  • A broader confluence : conservation initiatives and China's global dam industry.

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