Anthropogenic Rivers - The Production of Uncertainty in Lao Hydropower

Jerome Whitington is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University.

Riassunto

In the 2000s, Laos was treated as a model country for the efficacy of privatized, "sustainable" hydropower projects as viable options for World Bank-led development. By viewing hydropower as a process...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jerome Whitington
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781501730900
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-3090-0
• Pagine: 277
• Serie: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge; Expertise: Cultures and Techno; Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Termotecnica, tecnica energetica ed elettrica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro