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Author Hawley, Steven, 1969- author.

Title Cracked : the future of dams in a hot, chaotic world / Steven Hawley ; foreword by David James Duncan.

Publication Info. Ventura, CA : Patagonia, [2023]

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  333.914 HAWLEY    Check Shelf
Edition Hardcover edition.
Description 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes index.
Contents What we talk about when we talk about dams -- What's missing here: the Snake River dams -- Getting the garden back -- The future of the Colorado: a reckoning -- Safety first -- Patience and perserverance -- The return of the Elwha -- Dam removal 101 -- Patagonia sin represas -- The blue heart of europe -- Drain Powell first -- What spirits might wear in 2050.
Summary During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century's big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation's rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them into revenue streams. Water control projects' main legacy will be one of needless ecological destruction, fostering a host of unnecessary injustices.
Subject Dams -- Environmental aspects.
Dams -- Political aspects.
Environmental degradation.
Dams -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst00887340
Dams -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00887366
Environmental degradation. (OCoLC)fst00912877
Added Author Duncan, David James.
ISBN 9781938340772 hardback
1938340779 hardback
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