"Risk and Uncertainty in Dam Safety, is an authoritative, comprehensive, valuable and welcome contribution to dam safety practices. Through the presentation of a systematic and integrated process, it assists the dam owner in evaluating the needs for dam safety improvement, selec…
"In China's Water Warriors, Andrew C. Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market-driven, decentralized, and politically heterogeneous, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic …
"Long known for its natural beauty, remoteness, and abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river basin runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. It is home to more than seventy million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural…