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Page 37
... point well made by Amos Rapoport , senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Sydney . Discussing the general problem of housing design and cultural change , he points out : " The building of houses in a tra- ditional society ...
... point well made by Amos Rapoport , senior lecturer in architecture at the University of Sydney . Discussing the general problem of housing design and cultural change , he points out : " The building of houses in a tra- ditional society ...
Page 97
... points out : " Since the effect must be to kill off insects and plant life , they must necessarily re- duce the total quantity of natural food available to fish , especially in the paddy fields . " A recent report , undertaken as part ...
... points out : " Since the effect must be to kill off insects and plant life , they must necessarily re- duce the total quantity of natural food available to fish , especially in the paddy fields . " A recent report , undertaken as part ...
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... points out that every year , the three major rivers in the province of Sichuan now carry an estimated 250 million tons of silt - equal to a layer of 5 centimeters of topsoil over an area of 166,000 hectares of cultivated land . Much of ...
... points out that every year , the three major rivers in the province of Sichuan now carry an estimated 250 million tons of silt - equal to a layer of 5 centimeters of topsoil over an area of 166,000 hectares of cultivated land . Much of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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