| Main Title |
Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Biswas, Asit K.
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, |
| Year Published |
2009 |
| Call Number |
GB1001-1199.8 |
| ISBN |
9783540372240 |
| Subjects |
Geography ;
Hydraulic engineering ;
Engineering geology ;
Environmental pollution ;
Macroeconomics ;
Environmental economics ;
Political science
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| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XVI, 276 p. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
PART I: Global Considerations -- 1. Impacts of Large Dams: Issues, Opportunities and Constraints -- 2. Indirect Economic Impacts of Dams -- 3. Resettlement Outcomes of Large Dams -- 4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoirs -- PART II: Case Studies -- 5. Impacts of Dams in Switzerland -- 6. Dams and Resettlement in Argentina -- 7. Impacts of Sobradinho Dam, Brazil -- 8. The Atatürk Dam and the Southeastern Anatolia (GAP) Project, Turkey -- 9. Impacts of King River Power Development, Australia -- 10. Resettlement in China -- 11. Large Dams that Command Beijing's Heights -- 12. Resettlement due to Sardar Sarovar Dam, India -- 13. Impacts of Kangsabati Project, India -- 14. Regional and National Impacts of Bhakra-Nangal Project, India -- 15. Impacts of Koyna Dam, India -- 16. Resettlement and Rehabilitation: Lesson from India -- 17. Impacts of High Aswan Dam, Egypt -- Index. Since the late 1990s, megaconferences in the water-related sectors have become regular occurrences. The latest one, in Mexico City, in March 2006, is estimated to have cost a total of $205 million, and had 19,000+ participants. In spite of such huge costs and organizational efforts, not a single water megaconference has ever been seriously evaluated in terms of its overall impacts on the water sector. This book is the first pioneering study to assess the impacts of the megaconferences on water policies, programs and projects at global, regional and national levels. The results are bleak. The evaluation indicated that except for the UN Water Conference, held in Argentina in 1977, the impacts of the subsequent megaconferences have been at best marginal in terms of knowledge generation and application, poverty alleviation, environmental conservation and /or increasing availability of investments funds for the water sector. |
| Place Published |
Berlin, Heidelberg |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Water Resources Development and Management, |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2009 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Water Resources Development and Management, |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20140627023351 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03763nam a22005535i 45 |
