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... water power and the development of irrigation schemes , both of which have a long , and at times highly successful history , have to be approached anew . Gigantism may be visually impressive , but it does not work . A more subtle , a ...
... water power and the development of irrigation schemes , both of which have a long , and at times highly successful history , have to be approached anew . Gigantism may be visually impressive , but it does not work . A more subtle , a ...
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... water development as that which will " bring Africa into a new being . " He claims that the " African ex- perience in the water sector is ... encouraging ... " and that the continent sports " significant past achieve- ments in the field of ...
... water development as that which will " bring Africa into a new being . " He claims that the " African ex- perience in the water sector is ... encouraging ... " and that the continent sports " significant past achieve- ments in the field of ...
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... WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT . M. Kassas ; in Water Management for Arid Lands in Developing Countries , edited by Asit K. Bi- swas , M. Abdel Hady Samaha , Mohamed H. Amer and Mahmoud Abu - Zeid , Pergamon Press , Ox- ford , 1980 ...
... WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT . M. Kassas ; in Water Management for Arid Lands in Developing Countries , edited by Asit K. Bi- swas , M. Abdel Hady Samaha , Mohamed H. Amer and Mahmoud Abu - Zeid , Pergamon Press , Ox- ford , 1980 ...
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