The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams: A review of the literature |
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... economic costs being played down , and the economic benefits exaggerated . The authors refer in particular to a chapter in Goldsmith and Hildyard The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams , Vol.1 entitled " Fudging the Books ...
... economic costs being played down , and the economic benefits exaggerated . The authors refer in particular to a chapter in Goldsmith and Hildyard The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams , Vol.1 entitled " Fudging the Books ...
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... Economic Characteristics of Drainage Projects and their Impli- cations for Project Evaluation : Experience of the Lower Indus basin . " pp83-95 . The fourth is M. Satyanarayana and D. Srivasta- va : " Economic Impact of Sedimentation in ...
... Economic Characteristics of Drainage Projects and their Impli- cations for Project Evaluation : Experience of the Lower Indus basin . " pp83-95 . The fourth is M. Satyanarayana and D. Srivasta- va : " Economic Impact of Sedimentation in ...
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... economic implications . According to the author , by 1979 the Indian Government had spent about $ 8,000 million on dams ( 105,560 million rupees ) . This programme is supposed to have permitted the electrification of Indian villages ...
... economic implications . According to the author , by 1979 the Indian Government had spent about $ 8,000 million on dams ( 105,560 million rupees ) . This programme is supposed to have permitted the electrification of Indian villages ...
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