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- catalog abstract ""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. Yet, in the last century, large dams also disrupted the ecology of half the world's rivers, displaced tens of millions of people from their homes and left nations burdened with debt. Their impacts have inevitably generated growing controversy and conflicts. Resolving their role in meeting water and energy needs is vital for the future and illustrates the complex development challenges that face our societies." "The Report of the World Commission on Dams: is the product of an unprecedented global public policy effort to bring governments, the private sector and civil society together in one process; provides the first comprehensive global and independent reivew of the performance and impacts of dams; presents a new framework for water and energy resources development; and develops an agenda of seven strategic priorities and corresponding criteria and guidelines for future decision-making." "Challenging our assumptions, the Commission sets before us the hard, rigorous and clear-eyed evidence of exactly why nations decide to build dams and how dams can affect human, plant and animal life, for better or for worse. Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making is about the future of dams as well as the changing development context where new voices, choices and options leave little room for a business-as-usual scenario."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11998215.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""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. Yet, in the last century, large dams also disrupted the ecology of half the world's rivers, displaced tens of millions of people from their homes and left nations burdened with debt. Their impacts have inevitably generated growing controversy and conflicts. Resolving their role in meeting water and energy needs is vital for the future and illustrates the complex development challenges that face our societies." "The Report of the World Commission on Dams: is the product of an unprecedented global public policy effort to bring governments, the private sector and civil society together in one process; provides the first comprehensive global and independent reivew of the performance and impacts of dams; presents a new framework for water and energy resources development; and develops an agenda of seven strategic priorities and corresponding criteria and guidelines for future decision-making." "Challenging our assumptions, the Commission sets before us the hard, rigorous and clear-eyed evidence of exactly why nations decide to build dams and how dams can affect human, plant and animal life, for better or for worse. Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making is about the future of dams as well as the changing development context where new voices, choices and options leave little room for a business-as-usual scenario."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-343) and index.".
- catalog description "Water, development and large dams -- WCD global review of large dams -- Technical, financial and economic performance -- Ecosystems and large dams: environmental performance -- People and large dams: social performance -- Options for water and energy resources development -- Decision-making, planning and institutions -- Way forward -- Enhancing human development: rights, risks and negotiated outcomes -- Strategic priorities-a new policy framework for the development of water and energy resources -- Criteria and guidelines-applying the strategic priorities -- Beyond the commission-an agenda for change.".
- catalog extent "xxxvii, 404 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Also available in an online version.".
- catalog hasFormat "Dams and development.".
- catalog identifier "1853837970".
- catalog identifier "1853837989 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Also available in an online version.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Dams and development.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan,".
- catalog relation "Also available in an online version.".
- catalog relation "Dams and development.".
- catalog subject "627.8 21".
- catalog subject "Dams Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Dams.".
- catalog subject "TC540 .W67 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Water, development and large dams -- WCD global review of large dams -- Technical, financial and economic performance -- Ecosystems and large dams: environmental performance -- People and large dams: social performance -- Options for water and energy resources development -- Decision-making, planning and institutions -- Way forward -- Enhancing human development: rights, risks and negotiated outcomes -- Strategic priorities-a new policy framework for the development of water and energy resources -- Criteria and guidelines-applying the strategic priorities -- Beyond the commission-an agenda for change.".
- catalog title "Dams and development : a new framework for decision-making : the report of the World Commission on Dams.".
- catalog type "Computer network resources. local".
- catalog type "text".