Dams, Reservoirs & Urban Globalisation (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction. Dam(ned) Urbanism: Revisiting the Technological Wet Dreams of Modernism. Timeline of Damming & Reservoir Building since 1900. Colonial & Postcolonial Africa. Inga (Congo): 120 years of Dam(ned) Plans. River Volta Project (Ghana). Kariba Dam (Zambezi River). Dams: an Italian Export Product. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Traditions & Nation-building Projects in Asia. Northern Taiwanese Ponds. Sri Lanka’s Mahaweli Development Project. Indus: Dams over Troubled Water Pakistan & India. Ganges Water Machine. Three Gorges Dam, China. Immense Resourcefulness of the Northern Vastness. Norway. Syncrude Tailings Dam: Alberta, Canada. Russia. (Failure of) Natural Equipment of the Metropole. Sao Paulo: Cantareira System. Isfahan: Historic Reservoirs. Johannesburg: Mining Metropole. Contemporary Issues. China’s Imperialistic Damming Wave. Dam Removal, River Restoration. Old Tools/New Technology: Micro-Hydrology/ Sand Dams.