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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-06 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
Big dams built for irrigation, power, water supply, and other purposes were among the most potent symbols of economic development for much of the twentieth cent
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher:
This book discusses dams and the dynamics of development. Dams as a project of development were pioneered by the US in the 1930s, and the success of Tennessee V
Language: en
Pages: 281
Pages: 281
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-02 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
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 irrigat
Language: en
Pages: 33
Pages: 33
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher:
Language: en
Pages: 447
Pages: 447
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-13 - Publisher: Routledge
By the year 2000, the world had built more than 45,000 large dams to irrigate crops, generate power, control floods in wet times and store water in dry times. Y