Trevor Turpin is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Bath, and has worked in water and environmental management since the early 1970s. He is the co-author of Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook (2002).

Here, dams take centre stage as their design, construction, beauty, failures and environmental consequences are analysed. Building Design - Building DesignTurpins book is very readable and in only 256 pages encompasses a remarkable depth and breadth of the history and context of dams in their multiple guises. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of the dams and images of posters and other historical materials. The book will be of interest to engineers, academics, and environmentalists, as well as the general reader. - Water AlternativesDam investigates some of the worlds most famous and awe-inspiring dams and will be of interest to engineers, historians and environmentalists at all levels . . . beautifully illustrated. - The EnvironmentalistTurpins book will be of particular interest to engineers, environmentalists and historians and, because it is well written and well illustrated, also to the broader reading public. I thoroughly recommend it. - Dams and ReservoirsWith the current movement toward dam removals in the Western world, it is interesting to see a book that treats dams as buildings of particular significance. This books approach is not technical, but historical. It presents dams under different perspectives: as symbols of dominance, works of designers, and objects of beauty. It also covers dam failures and the recent backlash against dams . . . Recommended. - Choice

Trevor Turpin is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Bath, and has worked in water and environmental management since the early 1970s. He is the co-author of Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook (2002).

Here, dams take centre stage as their design, construction, beauty, failures and environmental consequences are analysed. Building Design - Building DesignTurpins book is very readable and in only 256 pages encompasses a remarkable depth and breadth of the history and context of dams in their multiple guises. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of the dams and images of posters and other historical materials. The book will be of interest to engineers, academics, and environmentalists, as well as the general reader. - Water AlternativesDam investigates some of the worlds most famous and awe-inspiring dams and will be of interest to engineers, historians and environmentalists at all levels . . . beautifully illustrated. - The EnvironmentalistTurpins book will be of particular interest to engineers, environmentalists and historians and, because it is well written and well illustrated, also to the broader reading public. I thoroughly recommend it. - Dams and ReservoirsWith the current movement toward dam removals in the Western world, it is interesting to see a book that treats dams as buildings of particular significance. This books approach is not technical, but historical. It presents dams under different perspectives: as symbols of dominance, works of designers, and objects of beauty. It also covers dam failures and the recent backlash against dams . . . Recommended. - Choice

Trevor Turpin is a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Bath, and has worked in water and environmental management since the early 1970s. He is the co-author of Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook (2002).

Here, dams take centre stage as their design, construction, beauty, failures and environmental consequences are analysed. Building Design - Building DesignTurpins book is very readable and in only 256 pages encompasses a remarkable depth and breadth of the history and context of dams in their multiple guises. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of the dams and images of posters and other historical materials. The book will be of interest to engineers, academics, and environmentalists, as well as the general reader. - Water AlternativesDam investigates some of the worlds most famous and awe-inspiring dams and will be of interest to engineers, historians and environmentalists at all levels . . . beautifully illustrated. - The EnvironmentalistTurpins book will be of particular interest to engineers, environmentalists and historians and, because it is well written and well illustrated, also to the broader reading public. I thoroughly recommend it. - Dams and ReservoirsWith the current movement toward dam removals in the Western world, it is interesting to see a book that treats dams as buildings of particular significance. This books approach is not technical, but historical. It presents dams under different perspectives: as symbols of dominance, works of designers, and objects of beauty. It also covers dam failures and the recent backlash against dams . . . Recommended. - Choice