Dam Politics - Restoring America''s Rivers

Klappentext The politics of building dams and levees and other structures are just part of the policies determining how American rivers are managed or mismanaged. America's well-being depends upon the health of those rivers and important decisions go beyond just dam-building or dam removal. American rivers are suffering from poor water quality! altered flows! and diminished natural habitat. Current efforts by policymakers to change the ways American rivers are managed range from the removal of dams to the simulation of seasonal flows to the restoration of habitat! all with varying degrees of success. Zusammenfassung The politics of building dams and levees and other structures are just part of the policies determining how American rivers are managed or mismanaged. This title looks at how public policy and rivers interact! examines the physical differences in rivers that affect policies! and analyzes the political differences among the groups that use them.

Product details

• Authors: William R. Lowry, William R. (Washington University) Lowry, LOWRY WILLIAM R
• Assisted by: Barry Rabe (Editor)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2003
• EAN: 9780878403899
• ISBN: 978-0-87840-389-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration