Cracked A Resource for Activists【電子書籍】[ Steven Hawley ]

＜p＞＜strong＞The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞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.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The estimated 800,000 dams in the world can’t be blamed for destroying the earth’s entire biological inheritance, but they play an outsized role in that destruction. ＜em＞Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Crazy World＜/em＞ is a kind of speed date with the history of water control -- its dams, diversions and canals, and just as importantly, the politics and power that evolved with them. Examples from the America．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る