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... Worldwatch Institute , Washington , D.C. , 1980 . * Cost estimates made in various years and do not include total infrastructure costs . are also to be built to drain excess water from an area of 18,000 square kilometers at a rate of ...
... Worldwatch Institute , Washington , D.C. , 1980 . * Cost estimates made in various years and do not include total infrastructure costs . are also to be built to drain excess water from an area of 18,000 square kilometers at a rate of ...
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... Worldwatch Institute , " one of the inherent contradic- tions of large - scale irrigation programs will become apparent . Ultimately , food prices will have to increase to enable farmers to pay for new water projects . " 33 In that ...
... Worldwatch Institute , " one of the inherent contradic- tions of large - scale irrigation programs will become apparent . Ultimately , food prices will have to increase to enable farmers to pay for new water projects . " 33 In that ...
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... Worldwatch Institute , Washington D.C. , un- dated ( circa . 1980 ) , Section 7 , p . 5 . 3. Quoted by Asit K. Biswas , in A. K. Biswas et al . , eds . Long Dis- tance Water Transfer : A Chinese Case Study and the International Experi ...
... Worldwatch Institute , Washington D.C. , un- dated ( circa . 1980 ) , Section 7 , p . 5 . 3. Quoted by Asit K. Biswas , in A. K. Biswas et al . , eds . Long Dis- tance Water Transfer : A Chinese Case Study and the International Experi ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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