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Title Water, culture, and power : local struggles in a global context / edited by John M. Donahue and Barbara Rose Johnston
Published Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction / Barbara Rose Johnston and John M. Donahue -- Use and abuse of aquifers: can the Hopi Indians survive multinational mining? / Peter Whiteley and Vernon Masayesva -- Water rights in the Pacific Northwest / Tom Greaves -- "A River that Was Once so Strong and Deep": local reflections on the Eastmain Diversion, James Bay hydroelectric project / Kreg Ettenger -- Balancing the waters: development and hydropolitics in contemporary Zimbabwe / Bill Derman -- Water, rights, and the El Cajon Dam, Honduras / William M. Loker
Water resource development and its effects on the human community: the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Southeastern United States / Claudia M. Rogers -- Transacting a commons: the Lake Biwa Comprehensive Development Plan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan / James E. Nickum and Daniel Greenstadt -- Big Canal: the political ecololgy of the Central Arizona project / Thomas E. Sheridan -- Water wars in South Texas: managing the Edwards Aquifer / John M. Donahue -- Gender and society in Bangladesh's Flood Action Plan / Suzanne Hanchett, Jesmin Akhter, and Kazi Rozana Akhter
Reversal of tides: drinking water quality in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico / M. Brian Riley, Arthur D. Murphy, and Miguel Angel Mendez Rosado -- Water, power, and environmental health in tourism development: the Bay Islands, Honduras / Susan C. Stonich, Jerrel H. Sorensen, and Gus W. Salbador -- Culture, power, and the hydrological cycle: creating and responding to water scarcity on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands / Barbara Rose Johnston -- Water between Arabs and Israelis: researching twice promised resources / Rosina Hassoun
Summary "This volume presents a series of case studies from around the world that examine the complex culture and power dimensions of water resources and management. Chapters describe highly contentious cases that span the continuum of concerns from dam construction and hydroelectric power generation to water quality and potable water systems. They address the values and meanings associated with water and how changes in power result in changes both in meaning and in patterns of use, access, and control."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-375) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Water resources development -- Case studies
Water resources development -- Government policy -- International cooperation
Water-supply -- Political aspects
Water-supply -- Social aspects
FICTION -- General.
Water resources development
Water resources development -- Government policy -- International cooperation
Water-supply -- Political aspects
Water-supply -- Social aspects
Aufsatzsammlung
Fallstudiensammlung
Internationale Kooperation
Internationale Politik
Ressourcenpolitik
Wasserreserve
Waterhuishouding.
Watergebruik.
Culturele aspecten.
Politieke aspecten.
Agua (recursos hidricos)
Recursos naturais (utilizacao)
Genre/Form Case studies
Waserreserve.
Form Electronic book
Author Donahue, John M.
Johnston, Barbara Rose.
ISBN 9781610913461
1610913469
Other Titles Water, culture & power