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Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. The problem of inefficient management in water development schemes is now so widespread that Dr. Robert Chambers of Sus- sex University has even talked of the need to " manage those who manage the water ...
Edward Goldsmith, Nicholas Hildyard. The problem of inefficient management in water development schemes is now so widespread that Dr. Robert Chambers of Sus- sex University has even talked of the need to " manage those who manage the water ...
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... scheme should favor labor - intensive rather than capital - intensive economic activities . " If this recommendation were followed , then all large - scale water development projects would have to be abandoned . Labor - intensive ...
... scheme should favor labor - intensive rather than capital - intensive economic activities . " If this recommendation were followed , then all large - scale water development projects would have to be abandoned . Labor - intensive ...
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... water development schemes can be justified to an electorate and to the world at large only by systematically cover ... water development schemes to which they are often totally committed is very difficult . Nevertheless , every effort ...
... water development schemes can be justified to an electorate and to the world at large only by systematically cover ... water development schemes to which they are often totally committed is very difficult . Nevertheless , every effort ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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