Transnational struggles for water and power -- Dams, democracy, and development in India -- India's Narmada projects : historical genesis and the transnational reform campaign -- The transnational campaign to save India's Narmada River -- Dams, democracy, and development in comparative...

Using river basin case studies in a variety of contexts, this book provides an overview of how societies have gradually developed their water resources and furthers our understanding of how such resources can be managed successfully or unsuccessfully.

"Environment, Modernization and Development in East Asia critically examines modernization's long-term environmental history. Using local-level studies and the idea of co-production, it suggests new frameworks for understanding as inter-related processes environmental, social, and economic...