Large Dams in Asia: Contested Environments between Technological Hydroscapes and Social Resistance: 2 (Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research) - Tapa dura

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9789400727977: Large Dams in Asia: Contested Environments between Technological Hydroscapes and Social Resistance: 2 (Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research)
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ISBN 10: 9400727976 ISBN 13: 9789400727977
Editorial: Springer, 2013

Sinopsis

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.

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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.

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Editorial
Springer
Año de publicación
2013
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
9400727976
ISBN 13 
9789400727977
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Número de páginas
192
Editor
Nüsser Marcus
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