The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams: A review of the literature |
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... water inflow . Of all the papers in this book , this one gives the most detailed assessment of the potential environ- mental impacts from large - scale water transfers . Among the diversions discussed in this paper are diversions to the ...
... water inflow . Of all the papers in this book , this one gives the most detailed assessment of the potential environ- mental impacts from large - scale water transfers . Among the diversions discussed in this paper are diversions to the ...
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... water in the evaporation basin will serve to increase the ' head ' , or ... scale projects include diversions from northern rivers to the south . One ... large - scale water transfers in his particu- lar zone of interest , he fails to ...
... water in the evaporation basin will serve to increase the ' head ' , or ... scale projects include diversions from northern rivers to the south . One ... large - scale water transfers in his particu- lar zone of interest , he fails to ...
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... large dams . 14 WATER SUPPLY ; CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES . Rosaleen Bertolino , Sierra Club , San Francisco , Calif . 1977 , ( 52 pages ) . This his paper is of interest for the examples it provides of large ... scale water projects ...
... large dams . 14 WATER SUPPLY ; CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES . Rosaleen Bertolino , Sierra Club , San Francisco , Calif . 1977 , ( 52 pages ) . This his paper is of interest for the examples it provides of large ... scale water projects ...
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