Silenced Rivers : The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams

Rating:
Summary: Richly detailed, thorough coverage of key topic.
Review: This book excels at laying out the thousands of inter-related details that go into large dams: their geographic countenance, their economic costs and impact, the public health aspects and more. It makes links between facts that give valuable insight into the global dam market.

Sobering at times, this book also showcases many successes which give hope for a thirsty Earth.