Deep Water

There are now more than 45,000 large dams across the world, and they have had profound effects on the landscape and on the way people live. Here, Leslie went afield with 3 experts on dams: Medha Patkar, an Indian activist who has fought against the completion of a giant dam in India by chaining herself to it each year as the water rises; Thayer Scudder, who has spent his career studying the effects of dams in Africa on the tribal people they¿ve displaced; and Don Blackmore, whose job...
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There are now more than 45,000 large dams across the world, and they have had profound effects on the landscape and on the way people live. Here, Leslie went afield with 3 experts on dams: Medha Patkar, an Indian activist who has fought against the completion of a giant dam in India by chaining herself to it each year as the water rises; Thayer Scudder, who has spent his career studying the effects of dams in Africa on the tribal people they¿ve displaced; and Don Blackmore, whose job is to persuade Australian farmers to release water they¿ve diverted from the Murray River for personal use. In each of these beautifully written portraits, Leslie brings into sharp focus the political, social, economic, and environmental issues to which dams give rise.