Dams, displacement, and the delusion of development [[electronic resource] ] : Cahora Bassa and its legacies in Mozambique, 1965/2007 / / Allen F. Isaacman and Barbara S. Isaacman

• Autore: Isaacman Allen F
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.71509679
• Soggetto topico: Economic development projects - Mozambique; Forced migration - Zambezi River Valley
• Soggetto geografico: Cahora Bassa Dam (Mozambique) History; Zambezi River Valley Rural conditions
• Altri autori: IsaacmanBarbara
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : Cahora Bassa in broader perspective -- The Zambezi River Valley in Mozambican history : an overview -- Harnessing the river : high modernism and building the dam, 1965/75 -- Displaced people : forced eviction and life in the protected villages, 1970/75 -- The Lower Zambezi : remaking nature, transforming the landscape, 1975/2007 -- Displaced energy -- Legacies.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970's during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world's fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam - from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in...
• Titolo autorizzato: Dams, displacement, and the delusion of development
• ISBN: 0-8214-4450-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779541803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New African histories series.