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Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. Other problems were caused by the poor quality of the soil in New Nubia and by the lack of drainage . " The problem of land shortage presented by relocation was obvious from the start to all ...
Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. Other problems were caused by the poor quality of the soil in New Nubia and by the lack of drainage . " The problem of land shortage presented by relocation was obvious from the start to all ...
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... problem could not be solved without com- promising short - term economic priorities , little was done , which left a legacy of salinized land , much of it never to be reclaimed . That legacy is a damning indictment of the economic ...
... problem could not be solved without com- promising short - term economic priorities , little was done , which left a legacy of salinized land , much of it never to be reclaimed . That legacy is a damning indictment of the economic ...
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... problem , Widstrand suggests , the organization of maintenance work should be decentralized , but it is difficult to see how decentralization will solve the shortage of technicians . It is even less likely to help overcome the problem ...
... problem , Widstrand suggests , the organization of maintenance work should be decentralized , but it is difficult to see how decentralization will solve the shortage of technicians . It is even less likely to help overcome the problem ...
Contents
BEFORE THE FLOOD | 17 |
AFTER THE FLOOD | 51 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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