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Title:

Water, culture, and power : local struggles in a global context / edited by John M. Donahue and Barbara Rose Johnston.

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xii, 396 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Water resources development--Case studies.
Water resources development--International cooperation.--International cooperation.
Water-supply--Political aspects.
Water-supply--Social aspects.

Other Authors:

Donahue, John M.
Johnston, Barbara Rose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-375) and index.

Contents:

Water, rights, and the El Cajon Dam, Honduras / William M. Loker. 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.
Gender and society in Bangladesh's Flood Action Plan / Suzanne Hanchett, Jesmin Akhter, and Kazi Rozana Akhter. 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.
Water between Arabs and Israelis: researching twice promised resources / Rosina Hassoun. 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.

ISBN:

9781559635219
1559635215
9781559635226 (pbk.)
1559635223 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37770729

LCCN:

97041051

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 333.91

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella) — 333.91