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  • Hawley, Steven, 1969- author.
     
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  • Dams -- Environmental aspects.
     
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  • Dams -- Political aspects.
     
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  • Environmental degradation.
     
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    Cracked : the future of dams in a hot, chaotic world / Steven Hawley ; [foreword by David James Duncan].
    by Hawley, Steven, 1969- author.
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    Ventura, CA : Patagonia, [2023]
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  • Dams -- Environmental aspects.
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  • Dams -- Political aspects.
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  • Environmental degradation.
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    9781938340772 (hardback) :
    1938340779 (hardback)
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    320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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    Hardcover edition.
    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 perseverance -- 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.
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    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.
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    Hawaii State LibraryBusiness, Science & Technology333.914 HaChecked InAdd Copy to MyList
    Mililani Public LibraryAdult Nonfiction333.914 HaChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


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