Wilderness and waterpower : how Banff National Park became a hydroelectric storage reservoir / / Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles
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| Autore: |
Armstrong Christopher <1942->
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| Titolo: |
Wilderness and waterpower : how Banff National Park became a hydroelectric storage reservoir / / Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles
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| Pubblicazione: | Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2013 |
| Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2013] | |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (267 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 333.91409712332 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water-power - Alberta - Banff National Park - History |
| Reservoirs - Alberta - Banff National Park - History | |
| Wilderness areas - Economic aspects - Alberta - History | |
| Electric power consumption - Alberta - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Bow River Watershed (Alta.) Power utilization History |
| Persona (resp. second.): | NellesH. V <1942-> (Henry Vivian) |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Series Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Hydropower Plants and Dams Map -- Introduction -- 1: Water Falls -- 2: Power Struggle -- 3: Doubling Down -- 4: Downstream Benefits -- 5: Selling Scenery -- 6: Political Logic -- 7: Minnewanka Redux -- 8: War Measures -- 9: Public Power -- 10: Reversing Rivers -- 11: Leaving the Bow -- 12: Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Wilderness and Waterpower: How Banff National Park Became a Hydroelectric Storage Reservoir explores how the need for electricity at the turn of the century affected and shaped Banff National Park. Today's conservationists and energy researchers will find much to think about in this tale of Alberta's early need for electricity, entrepreneurial greed, debates over aboriginal ownership of the river, moving park boundaries to accommodate hydro-electric initiatives, the importance of water for tourism, rural electrification, and the ultimate diversion to coal-produced electricity-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Wilderness and waterpower |
| ISBN: | 1-55238-635-X |
| 1-55238-636-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996208175703316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Energy, ecology, and the environment series, . 1919-7144 ; ; no. 5.