The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams: A review of the literature |
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... Sri Lanka , Vol . 4 March 1st , 1982 . T his article is interesting for the information it provides on the financial problems of the ' Ac- celerated Mahaweli Development Programme ' and what these problems mean in terms of project im ...
... Sri Lanka , Vol . 4 March 1st , 1982 . T his article is interesting for the information it provides on the financial problems of the ' Ac- celerated Mahaweli Development Programme ' and what these problems mean in terms of project im ...
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... Sri Lanka's Mahaweli Scheme , and in particular of the 400 - foot- high Victoria Dam . This dam , which began operation in 1984 , was originally estimated to cost £ 137 million . £ 100 mil- lion of that came as aid from Britain on the ...
... Sri Lanka's Mahaweli Scheme , and in particular of the 400 - foot- high Victoria Dam . This dam , which began operation in 1984 , was originally estimated to cost £ 137 million . £ 100 mil- lion of that came as aid from Britain on the ...
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... Sri Lanka . Thirty - nine endemic species of fish , amphibians , reptiles and birds , and 53 endemic plant species ... Sri Lankan system of ' Purana ' irrigation of key areas is com- pared with two areas in AMP - an older scheme , and a ...
... Sri Lanka . Thirty - nine endemic species of fish , amphibians , reptiles and birds , and 53 endemic plant species ... Sri Lankan system of ' Purana ' irrigation of key areas is com- pared with two areas in AMP - an older scheme , and a ...
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acres agricultural annual Aswan Aswan Dam Aswan High Dam authors note benefits canal caused cent Chapter construction cost countries crops cultivation dam projects delta describes displaced downstream drainage economic Effects of Large engineering environment Environmental Effects environmental impact erosion estimated farmers fish fisheries flood control floodplain flow forest Government groundwater hectares High Dam hydro hydroelectric hydropower impoundment increase India irrigated land irrigation irrigation schemes irrigation systems jects Kariba Dam Lake large dams large-scale loss Mahaweli major ment metres million Narmada oustees perennial irrigation planning population problems production proposed qanats Reclamation region reservoir resettlement result River Basin salinisation salinity Sardar Sarovar Sardar Sarovar projects schistosomiasis sediment seismicity Senegal River silt Social and Environmental soil soil salinization Tehri Dam Three Gorges tion traditional tribal Valley villages Wadebridge water development water projects water resources water transfer waterlogging wildlife words World Bank