 | Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power Subjects: Human ecology -- India -- Narmada River Region; Environmental degradation -- India -- Narmada River Region; Dams -- India -- Narmada River Valley; Water resources development -- Environmental aspects -- India -- Narmada River Valley; Dams -- Environmental; Big dams built for irrigation, power, water supply, and other purposes were among the most potent symbols of economic development for much of the twentieth century. Of late they have become a lightning rod for challenges to this vision of development... Sanjeev Khagram is Director of the Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship and Associate Professor of International Studies and Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He was Senior Policy Advisor to the World Commission on Dams from 1998 to 2000. He is coeditor of Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Movements, Networks, and Norms . |
