Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965-2007

Name: Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development Cahora Bassa and Its Legacies in Mozambique, 1965-2007
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ISBN: 9780821420331

ISBN-10: 082142033X

ISBN-13: 9780821420331

Edition: 2013

Authors: Allen F. Isaacman, Barbara S. Isaacman

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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 skills required to construct what was then the world’s fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam — from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in this area of unpredictable rainfall. “The project, however, actually resulted in cascading layers of…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 4/10/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Cahora Bassa Timeline


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


Notes


Glossary of Select Local Terms


Bibliography


Index