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... benefit analyses that still underplay costs and inflate benefits . The Tehri Dam in the Himalayas has been building on the assumption of a cost - benefit ratio that is positive , but which fails to take into account key diseconomies ...
... benefit analyses that still underplay costs and inflate benefits . The Tehri Dam in the Himalayas has been building on the assumption of a cost - benefit ratio that is positive , but which fails to take into account key diseconomies ...
Page 155
... benefits for the project " were overes- timated by about $ 22,500 annually because Corps officials did not make a deduction for the value of existing use of the waterway by fishermen . " The Corps " claimed irrigation benefits of ...
... benefits for the project " were overes- timated by about $ 22,500 annually because Corps officials did not make a deduction for the value of existing use of the waterway by fishermen . " The Corps " claimed irrigation benefits of ...
Page 157
... Benefit Ratios are used by government planners . A project's benefits are calculated by subtracting the agricultural produce of the command area , plus that of the land to be submerged , from the estimated produce of the command area ...
... Benefit Ratios are used by government planners . A project's benefits are calculated by subtracting the agricultural produce of the command area , plus that of the land to be submerged , from the estimated produce of the command area ...
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