1st Edition

Water Politics and the On-Paper Hydropower Boom Power, Corruption, and Sustainability in Emerging Economies

By Özge Can Dogmus Copyright 2024
198 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

198 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how the on-paper hydropower boom impacts the safe and fair access to water and energy in emerging economies. The global hydropower boom is largely made up of small hydropower plants located in emerging economies, but a lack of funding, over-ambitious planning, and corruption have halted the production of these projects. Describing this state as the ‘on-paper’ hydropower boom,... Read more

Biography

Özge Can Dogmus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey. She holds a PhD in Geography from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.