Full Description
The undamming and restoration of rivers is a major component of our broader environmental movement. There are ecological, economic, and social justice issues enveloped by initiatives involving river restorations, and it's time to focus our attention on these concerns.
In this book, Richard M. Robinson reviews the removal of big concrete, big earthen, and low-head dams along North America's larger and smaller rivers. Chapters highlight issues and contradictions related to dam safety, dam removals, and river restoration. The resulting book provides key insights into the economics and ecology of environmental restoration, our water resource management, and environmental justice.
Contents
1. The Environmental Movement Begins: Maine's Rivers.- 2. Big Concrete, the Tennessee River and the New Deal.- 3. Environmental Justice in the Olympics and on the Ottaway.- 4. The Glen Canyon Mistake.- 5. After the Gold Rush: Klamath River Justice.- 6. Columbia River and Salmon Passage.- 7. The Low-Head Dams of Industry and the Mahoning River.- 8. The Very Old and Quaint Early Dams of New England.- 9. An Old Commonwealth's Industrial and Flood Control Dams.- 10. Dam Safety Standards, Rehabilitations, and Failures.- 11. Answering the "Call of the Wild" in a Kayak.- 12. Over Engineering the "Big Muddy".- 13. Our Age of River Restoration.
