Fish versus power : an environmental history of the Fraser River / / Matthew D. Evenden

• Autore: Evenden Matthew D (Matthew Dominic), <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 333.95/616/097113
• Soggetto topico: Fishes - Conservation - British Columbia - Fraser River - History; Pacific salmon fisheries - British Columbia - Fraser River - History; Hydroelectric power plants - Environmental aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Fraser River (B.C.) Environmental conditions History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-297) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. "A rock of disappointment" -- 2. Damming the tributaries -- 3. Remaking Hells Gate -- 4. Pent-up energy -- 5. The power of aluminum -- 6. Fish versus power -- 7. The politics of science.
• Sommario/riassunto: Fish versus Power is an environmental history of the Fraser River (British Columbia) and the attempts to dam it for power and to defend it for salmon. Amid contemporary debates over large dam development and declines in fisheries, this book offers a case study of a river basin where development decisions did not ultimately dam the river, but rather conserved its salmon. Although the case is local, its implications are global as Evenden explores the transnational forces that shaped the river, the changing knowledge and practices of science, and the role of environmental change in shaping environmental debate. The Fraser is the world's most productive salmon river; it is also a large river with enormous waterpower potential. Very few rivers in the developed world have remained undammed. On the Fraser, however, fish - not dams - triumphed, and this book seeks to explain why.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fish versus power
• ISBN: 1-107-14832-4; 1-280-51608-9; 9786610516087; 0-511-21390-5; 0-511-21569-X; 0-511-21032-9; 0-511-31429-9; 0-511-51203-1; 0-511-21388-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818335903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in environment and history.