Text / Dam Removal: A New Option For a New Century

Click here to view text. May contain additional pages.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information.

Title: Dam Removal: A New Option For a New Century
Creator: The Aspen Institute
Date Created and/or Issued: 2002
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information (CDRI)
Rights Information: Copyrighted
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description: Scope/Content: Abstract: Can dams have both positive and negative effects, especially over time? Should removing a dam be an option in managing river systems in the United States? Can removing a dam offer the equivalent or increased benefits to services that a dam currently provides? Does the existing institutional framework for managing dams and water resources provide for effect consideration and implementation of dam removal as an option? How do those responsible for dams and rivers fairly evaluate and make timely decisions about options, including dam removal? Honoring the complexity of issues and communities involved, what can be done to improve policy and decisionmaking, practice, and public involvement?
Type: text
Form/Genre: digital copy
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2k93745
743
Subject: Ecology and river restoration
Legal and policy
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: United States

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.