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Indeed the submerged weeds in Lake Volta, principally Ceratophyllum, harbor
more Bulinus snails than do any other plant communities.26 More generally,
John Waterbury, discussing the rise of schistosomiasis after the building of the
Aswan ...
Indeed the submerged weeds in Lake Volta, principally Ceratophyllum, harbor
more Bulinus snails than do any other plant communities.26 More generally,
John Waterbury, discussing the rise of schistosomiasis after the building of the
Aswan ...
Page 242
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 never
have ...
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 never
have ...
Page 394
Ash, Grant, 268 Asian Development Bank, 47 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 development and, 1 97-99; schistosomiasis and,
82 Aswan ...
Ash, Grant, 268 Asian Development Bank, 47 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 development and, 1 97-99; schistosomiasis and,
82 Aswan ...
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Contents
BEFORE THE FLOOD | 17 |
AFTER THE FLOOD | 51 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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