Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Water and Power Resources Service. Engineering StaffPublisher:
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
The World's Major Dams, Man-made Lakes, and Hydroelectric Plants
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. Water and Power Resources Service. Engineering StaffPublisher:
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Major Dams, Reservoirs, and Hydroelectric Plants
Author: James M. TilsleyPublisher:
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Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Major Dams, Reservoirs, and Hydroelectric Plants--worldwide and Bureau of Reclamation
Author: James M. TilsleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dams
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The World's Highest Dams, Largest Earth and Rock Dams, Greatest Man-made Lakes, Largest Hydroelectric Plants, Major Dams
Author: Dam Internationalism
Author: Vincent LagendijkPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350367907
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
During the 20th century dam-building became a truly global endeavour. Built around the world, they generated networks of actors, institutions and companies embedded in globally circulating technological knowledge and discourses of modernization and development. This volume takes a global approach to the history of dams, exploring the complex power relations and internationalist entanglements that shaped them. Shedding new light on the globalization of technology and international power struggles that defined the 20th century, Dam Internationalism shows that dams are artefacts in their own right and have created new and revisionist histories that urge us to rethink classic narratives. From international cooperation, to the importance of the Cold War and the capitalist/socialist divide, the success of western technology, the prominence of the United States, the alleged impotence of people affected by dams, and the uniformity of infrastructure. Each chapter showcases a different case study from Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America to show that dams enabled marginalized countries and actors to articulate themselves and pursue their own political and socio-economic goals in a century dominated by the Global North.
The Atlas of Water
Author: Maggie BlackPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292030
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
"Water may soon be one of our most valuable commodities. The growing demands made on a finite resource by an increasing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and western diets, coupled with a changing and less predictable climate, are putting pressure on the planet's freshwater supply as never before. By 2025, four billion people may be living in conditions of water stress. And even where water is plentiful, the poor are unlikely to have ready access to a safe, cheap supply. The new edition of this timely atlas analyzes the latest thinking and emerging issues. Completely updated, it maps the competing claims on limited water resources--made by farmers, industrialists, and householders--and investigates the nature of the resource, its uses and abuses, as well as the vexed question of how it can be managed equitably"-- Page 4 of the cover.
International Development and Global Politics
Author: David WilliamsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136640452
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This textbook provides a historical survey of economic and political development theory and practice from 1945. Against the background of changes in global politics, it explores how the project of international development has been shaped in a series of wider contexts. Divided into two historical parts: the Sovereign Order, post 1945 to the early-1980s, and the Liberal post-Cold War Era from the 1980s to the present day, it examines: the evolution of ideas of international development: how the problem of development was conceived and is understood in relation to development economics and political development. It also addresses the impact of neo-liberal ‘counterrevolution’ in development theory, the rise of good governance, participation and ownership, as well as the impact of the ‘war on terror’ and the ‘securitisation of development’ institutions in international development: from the emergence of development agencies, their policies and the provision of different types of aid to changing aid flows and the growth of a more integrated ‘development community’ with implications for developing countries. Finally, it looks at the how the ‘war on terror’ and the ‘securitisation of development’ have shaped what these agencies do the practices of international development: these chapters examine a number of countries and their relations with development agencies; the kinds of projects and programmes these agencies supported; and the outcomes of these projects and programmes. This valuable and important teaching tool will be of interest to students of development, international relations, politics and economics.
The State of the World's Water
Author: Maggie BlackPublisher: New Internationalist
ISBN: 1780263759
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Completely updated, the new edition of this groundbreaking atlas maps the competing claims on limited water supplies – made by farmers, industrialists and householders – and investigates the uses and abuses of the resource, as well as the vexed question of how it can be equitably managed.
The Law of Renewable Energy
Author: Louise SmailPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 152651513X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The renewable energy sector is changing rapidly, from funding and legislation through to technology and supply chain. People have relied on many sources for energy in both industry and everyday life, including oil, gas, coal and wood. Renewable energy is now overtaking fossil fuels and as solar energy and wind power become cheaper and more competitive, it is important to understand how the renewable energy market and relevant law is developing. The Law of Renewable Energy examines the current and future renewable energy options and the legal challenges that surround them. Does renewable mean climate friendly and what about growing crops for energy? If you want to have an understanding of how renewable energy is being used, not just in the UK and Europe but throughout the world, then this is the book for you. This brand new title includes: an overall view on the move to renewables analysis of renewable energy cases industry trends environmental impact a section on future thinking a global view of renewables This book is essential reading for practitioners and anyone with a commercial interest in renewable energy.
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