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... ecological effects of its projects . “ Up to 1981 , " as he pointed out , " the Inter - American Development Bank ( IADB ) did not even employ a single full - time , professional forester on its staff , in spite of the fact that it ...
... ecological effects of its projects . “ Up to 1981 , " as he pointed out , " the Inter - American Development Bank ( IADB ) did not even employ a single full - time , professional forester on its staff , in spite of the fact that it ...
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... ECOLOGICAL APPROACH Inevitably , the conflict between the " ecological ” and “ industrial " views of water supplies in the western United States raises ques- tions more generally about our attitudes toward both nature and economics ...
... ECOLOGICAL APPROACH Inevitably , the conflict between the " ecological ” and “ industrial " views of water supplies in the western United States raises ques- tions more generally about our attitudes toward both nature and economics ...
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... Ecological Centre , Wadebridge , 1975 , p . 9 . 27. H. Fahim , Dams , People and Development : The Aswan High Dam Case , Pergamon , Oxford , 1981 , p . 62 . 28. T. Scudder , " Ecological Bottlenecks and the Development of the Kariba ...
... Ecological Centre , Wadebridge , 1975 , p . 9 . 27. H. Fahim , Dams , People and Development : The Aswan High Dam Case , Pergamon , Oxford , 1981 , p . 62 . 28. T. Scudder , " Ecological Bottlenecks and the Development of the Kariba ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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