The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams, Volume 2 |
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... DEFORESTATION , EROSION , AND FLOODS The problem of controlling floods by structural means has un- doubtedly been compounded by the widespread deforestation that has occurred almost everywhere in the Third World since the Second World ...
... DEFORESTATION , EROSION , AND FLOODS The problem of controlling floods by structural means has un- doubtedly been compounded by the widespread deforestation that has occurred almost everywhere in the Third World since the Second World ...
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... DEFORESTATION : JEOPARDIZING THE FUTURE After the fall of the ancient kingdoms , the seat of Sinhalese civi- lization moved to Kandy , in the uplands . Probably some de- forestation was necessary to accommodate the city and its ...
... DEFORESTATION : JEOPARDIZING THE FUTURE After the fall of the ancient kingdoms , the seat of Sinhalese civi- lization moved to Kandy , in the uplands . Probably some de- forestation was necessary to accommodate the city and its ...
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... deforestation or ex- cessive water abstraction , or else they are due to the reduced water - retaining capacity of an overtaxed soil . The general desiccation caused by deforestation in India was eloquently described by E. Washburn ...
... deforestation or ex- cessive water abstraction , or else they are due to the reduced water - retaining capacity of an overtaxed soil . The general desiccation caused by deforestation in India was eloquently described by E. Washburn ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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