Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
By Jacques Leslie.
Description
"If the wars of the last century were fought over oil, the wars of this century will be fought over water." -Ismail Serageldin, The World BankThe giant dams of today are the modern Pyramids, colossally expensive edifices that generate monumental amounts of electricity, irrigated water, and environmental and social disaster.With Deep Water, Jacques Leslie offers a searching account of the current crisis over dams and the world's water. An emerging master of long-form reportage, Leslie makes the crisis vivid through the stories of three distinctive figures: Medha Patkar, an Ind...
ISBN(s)
0374281726, 9780374281724
