TY - BOOK ID - 9985195 TI - Dams, displacement, and the delusion of development AU - Isaacman, Allen F AU - Isaacman, Barbara PY - 2013 SN - 9780821420331 082142033X 0821444506 9780821444504 PB - Athens DB - UniCat KW - Economic development projects KW - Forced migration KW - #SBIB:39A4 KW - #SBIB:39A73 KW - Cleansing, Ethnic KW - Compulsory resettlement KW - Ethnic cleansing KW - Ethnic purification KW - Involuntary resettlement KW - Migration, Forced KW - Purification, Ethnic KW - Relocation, Forced KW - Resettlement, Involuntary KW - Migration, Internal KW - Development projects, Economic KW - Projects, Economic development KW - Economic assistance KW - Technical assistance KW - Toegepaste antropologie KW - Etnografie: Afrika KW - Cahora Bassa Dam (Mozambique) KW - Zambezi River Valley KW - Zambezi Valley KW - Barragem de Cahora Bassa (Mozambique) KW - History. KW - Rural conditions. KW - Cahora Bassa Dam (Mozambique) -- History. KW - Economic development projects -- Mozambique. KW - Forced migration -- Zambezi River Valley. KW - Zambezi River Valley -- Rural conditions. KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - E-books KW - Economic sociology KW - Economic conditions. Economic development KW - Mozambique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9985195 AB - Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970's during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world's fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam - from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in... ER -