Dharmic projects, imperial reservoirs, and new temples of India: An historical perspective on dams in India

As international attention continues to focus on large dam projects across Asia, it is worth noting that conflicts over the politics of and environmental changes caused by dams in India are not new. Population dislocation, siltation, disease, floods caused by catastrophic dam failure, raised water t...

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Main Author: Morrison Kathleen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
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Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2010;volume=8;issue=3;spage=182;epage=195;aulast=Morrison