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Dams, People and Development: The Aswan High Dam Case covers the issues concerning Aswan High Dam. Comprised of nine chapters, the book encompasses topics such as engineering, environmental implications, and hazards. Chapter 1 talks about the second dam at Aswan, while Chapter 2 deals with the contr...

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Main Author: Fahim, Hussein M., 1934-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Pergamon Press, ©1981.
Series:Pergamon policy studies on international development.
Subjects:
Nasser, Lake, Region (Egypt and Sudan) > Economic policy.
Aswan High Dam (Egypt) > Social aspects.
Aswan High Dam (Egypt) > Economic aspects.
Nubians > Social conditions.
Nubiens > Conditions sociales.
Nasser, Région du lac (Égypte et Soudan) > Politique économique.
Haut barrage d'Assouan (Égypte) > Aspect social.
Haut barrage d'Assouan (Égypte) > Aspect économique.
Economic policy
Economics
Nubians > Social conditions
Social aspects
Africa > Lake Nasser Region
Egypt > Aswan High Dam
Stuwdammen.
Aswandam.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Dams, People and Development The Aswan High Dam Case; Copyright Page; Dedication; Maps; Table of Contents ; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I: Dams:Cost/BenefitVariables; Introduction to Part I; Chapter 1. A Second Dam at Aswan; WATER CONTROL; THE FLOOD PHENOMENON; WHY A HIGH DAM AT ASWAN?; THE DAM'S PHYSICAL STRUCTURE; Chapter 2. Controversies Over the Dam; LITERATURE REVIEWED; SILT DEPRIVATION; WATERLOGGING AND SALINITY PROBLEMS; AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION AND INCREASE IN PRODUCTION; DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE AND ANTIQUITIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS (BILHARZIASIS)
  • MONETARY COSTS AND ECONOMIC BENEFITSCONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 3. A Human Perspectiveon the Dam; DAMS: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE; A CONCEPTUAL MODEL; Part II. People: Aspects of Human Implications; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 4. Land Inundation and Population Displacement; EGYPTIAN NUBIANS; SUDANESE NUBIANS; THEORY AND POLICY ISSUES:THE DEPENDENCY SYNDROME; CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 5. Inhabitants of the Lake; THE BOAT RESIDENTS; THE PASTORAL NOMADS; THE NUBIAN RETURNEES; THE WADI HALFA PEOPLE; A CONCLUDING NOTE; Chapter 6. Urban Growth and Water Problems; URBANIZATION VERSUS MODERNIZATION
  • Part III. Development:Potentials and ConstraintsIntroduction to Part III; Chapter 7. The Development Potential of Lake Resources; FORMATION OF DEVELOPMENT POLICY; SUDANESE-EGYPTIAN INTEGRATION; Chapter 8. Lake Development: The Human Dimension; LAKE SETTLEMENT; POLICIES; INTEGRATED, SEQUENTIAL PLANNING; Chapter 9. Water, Policies, and National Development; WATER QUANTITY; WATER QUALITY; OTHER POLICY CONSIDERATIONS; Part IV: Concluding Remarks; Concluding Remarks; CANVASS OF IMPACTS; TIME IS ALL-IMPORTANT; INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION; SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND THE PUBLIC; Notes
  • Conversions of Measurements and CurrencyReferences; Index; About the Author