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"Contents" [2020] ELECD 52; in Kornfeld, Itzchak (ed), "Mega-Dams and Indigenous Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020) v

Book Title: Mega-Dams and Indigenous Human Rights

Editor(s): Kornfeld, Itzchak

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Contents

Preface vi
Acknowledgments xix

1 The twentieth century: dams and the epic struggle to
control nature 1

2 America and the age of dams 5

3 A brief survey of human rights law 27

4 Funding mega-dams: the multilateral banks 58

5 The Yacyretá Dam: adiós to paradise and the destruction
of human rights 76

6 Dark lessons from the Senegal River 108

7 The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP): the loss of
cultural heritage 120

8 The Narmada Dam, India: the courage of tribals 145

9 Zambia's Kariba Dam 167

10 The Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River 179

11 The Oldman Dam, Alberta, Canada 200

12 Epilogue 226

Index 234




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