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Page 82
... Aswan Low Dam caused the schistosomiasis rate among the population in some areas of Egypt to rise from 21 percent to 75 percent . Once the Aswan High Dam had been completed , the comparable fig- ure rose in some communities to an ...
... Aswan Low Dam caused the schistosomiasis rate among the population in some areas of Egypt to rise from 21 percent to 75 percent . Once the Aswan High Dam had been completed , the comparable fig- ure rose in some communities to an ...
Page 242
... Aswan Dam . THE ASWAN EXPERIENCE Had it not been for the success of the Free Officers ' coup in 1955 , which ousted King Farouk of Egypt and brought Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser to power , it is arguable that the Aswan High Dam would ...
... Aswan Dam . THE ASWAN EXPERIENCE Had it not been for the success of the Free Officers ' coup in 1955 , which ousted King Farouk of Egypt and brought Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser to power , it is arguable that the Aswan High Dam would ...
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... Aswan , water yield at , 203-4 Aswan Dam : cost of drains and , 145 ; earthquakes and , 112 , 116 , 117 : insect pests and , 68-70 ; land loss to de- velopment and , 197–99 ; schistosomiasis and , 82 Aswan Dam , Old , 62 ; seepage loss ...
... Aswan , water yield at , 203-4 Aswan Dam : cost of drains and , 145 ; earthquakes and , 112 , 116 , 117 : insect pests and , 68-70 ; land loss to de- velopment and , 197–99 ; schistosomiasis and , 82 Aswan Dam , Old , 62 ; seepage loss ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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