Large dam construction has significant environmental and social impacts at different scales. As the largest developing country in the world, China has built abo

Large dam construction has significant environmental and social impacts at different scales. As the largest developing country in the world, China has built abo

Entirely updated in light of the recent World Commission on Dams Report, and responding to it, this new edition of Patrick McCully's now classic study shows why

Viewed by some as symbols of progress and by others as inherently flawed, large dams remain one of the most contentious development issues on Earth. Building on