River Control in India

Name: River Control in India
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG
SKU: 9783319044316
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Spatial, Governmental and Subjective Dimensions

Autor: Ravi Baghel

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Large river systems throughout the planet have been dramatically transformed due to river control pr...

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Autor

Ravi Baghel

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engleză

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Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2014

Pagini

165

EAN

9783319044316

ISBN

3319044311

Enbook ID

02340006

Editura

Springer International Publishing AG

Greutate

4026

Dimensiuni

155 x 235 x 16

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Large river systems throughout the planet have been dramatically transformed due to river control projects such as large dams and embankments. Unlike other major human impacts like anthropogenic climate change, the alteration of river systems has been deliberate and planned by a small, powerful set of experts. Taking India as a case study, this book examines the way experts transform the planet through their discourse by their advocacy of river projects. This book identifies the spatial aspects of the norms through which the ideal river and the deficient river in need of control are produced. The role of governmental rationality in explaining the seemingly irrational and counter-productive effects of large projects like Kosi river embankments is considered. Finally using autobiographical material, the subjectivity of expert advice is examined, questioning its presumed objectivity. By examining the different subjective stances arising from the same body of expertise, this book discusses the consequences this has for river control specifically and for the relation between expertise and environmental change in general.

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