Title
Large dams in Asia [electronic resource] : contested environments between technological hydroscapes and social resistance / Marcus Nüsser, editor.
ISBN
9789400727984 electronic book
9400727984 electronic book
9789400727977
9400727976 (hbk.)
Published
Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 171 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-94-007-2798-4 doi
Call Number
TC558.A78
Dewey Decimal Classification
627/.8
Summary
This book explores the multi-dimensional asymmetries of scale, time, and directions in the large dam controversy with a regional focus on Asia, especially on India and China. Whereas the concept of large-scale transformation of fluvial environments into technological hydroscapes originated in the West, widespread construction of large dams started in the countries of the Global South in the period after decolonisation. Construction and operation of large dams are amongst the most prestigious but also most sensitive development issues, often accompanied by massive resistance of adversely affected people and civil society organisations. Based on the notion of a contested politicised environment, various case studies are analysed to identify the dominant narratives and imaginations that shape the large dams debate. This volume largely contains contributions related to several subprojects from within the Cluster of Excellence Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows, based at Heidelberg University, with several expert contributions from external researchers.
Note
Includes index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013).
Series
Advances in Asian human-environmental research, 1879-7180
Available in Other Form
Original 9400727976
Technological Hydroscapes in Asia: The Large Dams Debate Reconsidered
Misplaced Knowledge: Large Dams as an Anatopism in South Asia
Tibetan Water to Save China?
Filling Multi-Purpose Reservoirs with Politics: Displacing the Modern Large Dam in India
Dams, Riparian Settlement and the Threat of Climate Change in a Dynamic Fluvial Environment
Environment in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Environmental Impact Assessment Follow-up in India
Rivers, Dams and Landscapes Engaging with the Modern on Contested Grounds
The Promotion of Dams through the Clean Development Mechanism: Between Sustainable Climate Protection and Carbon Colonialism.
