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Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. This title explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world.

A World of Rivers

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 30/11/2010
    ISBN13: 9780226904788, 978-0226904788
    ISBN10: 0226904784
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    Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Conservation of the environment Science: general issues

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    Book Synopsis
    Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. This title explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world.

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