Mega-Dams and Indigenous Human Rights

Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements 1. The Twentieth Century: Dams and the Epic Struggle to Control Nature 2. America and the Age of Dams 3. A Brief Survey of Human Rights Law 4. Funding Mega-Dams: The Multilateral Banks 5. The Yacyreta Dam: Adios to Paradise and the Destruction of Human Rights 6. Dark Lessons from the Senegal River 7. The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP): The loss of cultural heritage 8. The Narmada Dam, India: The courage of tribals 9. Zambia's Kariba Dam 10. The Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River 11. The Oldman Dam, Alberta, Canada Epilogue Index

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• Direito internacional dos direitos humanos
• Direito internacional do ambiente
• Direitos humanos
• Direitos cívicos e cidadania

Human rights violations; large/mega dams; ousting of indigenous people; environmental impact assessments; the World Bank and funding dam development; destruction of rivers