1st Edition
Dams in Africa Cb An Inter-Disciplinary Study of Man-Made Lakes in Africa
208 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1968. The present volume originated in a seminar which was conducted at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London during the 1965-66 academic session. With the possible exception of railways, there have been no projects in Africa of comparable size and implications to the giant dams, involving as they do such un-paralleled commitment of resources,... Read more
Chapter I A Geographical View, R. J. HarrisonChurch; Chapter II What An Economist Wants To Know About Dams, J. L.Joy; Chapter III Resettlement, DavidBrokensha, ThayerScudder; Chapter IV The Volta Dam: Its Prospects and Problems, Robert W.Steel; Chapter V Legal Problems of the Volta Dam, L. RouseJones; chapter VI ::, WalterElkan, Gail G.Wilson; chapter VII The High Dam at Aswan and the Politics of Control, D. C.Watt; chapter VIII Harnessing the Orange River, H. J.Simons; Chapter IX International Legal Aspects of the Kariba Project, R. H. F.Austin; Chapter X Outline Programme for Hydro-Electric Development in West Africa to 1980, Stanton R.Smith;
Biography
Neville Rubin, William M. Warren
