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... plant has proved so polluting that today , no plants grow " within a radius of ten kilometers of the refinery . " " " Not surprisingly , a proposal to build a similar plant on the is- land of Okinawa was vetoed in 1973 as a result of ...
... plant has proved so polluting that today , no plants grow " within a radius of ten kilometers of the refinery . " " " Not surprisingly , a proposal to build a similar plant on the is- land of Okinawa was vetoed in 1973 as a result of ...
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... plants continuously exposed to air with a sulfur dioxide content of 191 micrograms per cubic meter fell by 50 ... plants were grown in plastic - cov- ered hooped channels where they were protected from ambient air pollution . Although ...
... plants continuously exposed to air with a sulfur dioxide content of 191 micrograms per cubic meter fell by 50 ... plants were grown in plastic - cov- ered hooped channels where they were protected from ambient air pollution . Although ...
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... plants draw moisture from the water table and gradually dry out the subsoil until winter , when they go dormant . In the spring , since the field is not being irrigat- ed , the plants continue to dry out the subsoil to a depth of two me ...
... plants draw moisture from the water table and gradually dry out the subsoil until winter , when they go dormant . In the spring , since the field is not being irrigat- ed , the plants continue to dry out the subsoil to a depth of two me ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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