Dams, displacement, and the delusion of development Cahora Bassa and its legacies in Mozambique, 1965/2007
"Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s 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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
Ohio University Press
2013.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
New African histories. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32554126*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
