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... fact that there is evidence , particularly from the moist and the arid tropics , that these huge structures , their reservoirs , their canals and associated works do great damage , both to the physical environment and to the social ...
... fact that there is evidence , particularly from the moist and the arid tropics , that these huge structures , their reservoirs , their canals and associated works do great damage , both to the physical environment and to the social ...
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... fact that the 1974 oil crisis meant that industries - users of 32 per cent of England's water - would not continue to expand rapidly as they had done in the early ' 70s , the Northumberland Water Authority's Chairman , Sir Ralph Carr ...
... fact that the 1974 oil crisis meant that industries - users of 32 per cent of England's water - would not continue to expand rapidly as they had done in the early ' 70s , the Northumberland Water Authority's Chairman , Sir Ralph Carr ...
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... fact . " 122 EVALUATING TEHRI DAM . AN EXTENDED COST BENEFIT APPRAISAL . Vijay Paranjpye , INTACH , New Delhi , 1988 . T his book evaluates the Tehri Dam on the Bha- girathi River in the Garhwal Himalaya . It has a seminal inter ...
... fact . " 122 EVALUATING TEHRI DAM . AN EXTENDED COST BENEFIT APPRAISAL . Vijay Paranjpye , INTACH , New Delhi , 1988 . T his book evaluates the Tehri Dam on the Bha- girathi River in the Garhwal Himalaya . It has a seminal inter ...
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