The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 23
Page 11
... million hectares- 14 percent of the world's total cultivated land - was irrigated.25 More recently , Professor Victor Kovda , of the University of Mos- cow , suggested that 250 million hectares are under irrigation , of which 120 ...
... million hectares- 14 percent of the world's total cultivated land - was irrigated.25 More recently , Professor Victor Kovda , of the University of Mos- cow , suggested that 250 million hectares are under irrigation , of which 120 ...
Page 12
... million hectares . That figure compares with 148 million hec- tares in 1962 and 179 million hectares in 1972. FAO predicts that if the present rate of conversion is maintained , another 100 million hectares will be brought under ...
... million hectares . That figure compares with 148 million hec- tares in 1962 and 179 million hectares in 1972. FAO predicts that if the present rate of conversion is maintained , another 100 million hectares will be brought under ...
Page 141
... million hectares — almost a quarter of the 43 million hectares under irri- gation . In Madhya Pradesh , affected areas are referred to as “ wet deserts . " 25 For the Near East as a whole , El Gabaly warns : “ In all coun- tries of the ...
... million hectares — almost a quarter of the 43 million hectares under irri- gation . In Madhya Pradesh , affected areas are referred to as “ wet deserts . " 25 For the Near East as a whole , El Gabaly warns : “ In all coun- tries of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acre-feet acres agricultural land Akawaio Arid Land Aswan Aswan Dam Aswan High Dam Barton Worthington benefits billion m³ Biswas Brazil Bruce Stokes building built canal Carl Widstrand caused Chagga construction cost crops cultivation cultural damage deforestation Developing Countries disease drainage earthquakes ecological economic Edward Goldsmith effects Egypt Environment Environmental estimated evaporation farmers farming feddans fertile fish flood control forest Goodland groundwater hectares High Dam hydroelectric Ibid increase India industrial inevitable irrigated land irrigation irrigation agriculture irrigation schemes irrigation system John Waterbury large dams large-scale water loss malaria ment meters million hectares Nile peasants percent perennial irrigation plans plants points pollution problem production qanats region reservoir resettlement result Rothé salinization salt schistosomiasis sedimentation seepage seismic silt social soil Sonjo Sri Lanka supply tanks Third World tion traditional irrigation Tucuruí Valley village water development schemes water projects waterlogging wildlife World Bank