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Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector
Since the late 1990s, megaconferences in the water-related sectors have become regular occurrences. The latest one, in Mexico City, in March 2006, is estimated to have cost a total of $205 million, and had 19,000+ participants. In spite of such huge costs and organizational efforts, not a single wat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2009. |
| Colección: | Water Resources Development and Management,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PART I: Global Considerations
- 1. Impacts of Large Dams: Issues, Opportunities and Constraints
- 2. Indirect Economic Impacts of Dams
- 3. Resettlement Outcomes of Large Dams
- 4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoirs
- PART II: Case Studies
- 5. Impacts of Dams in Switzerland
- 6. Dams and Resettlement in Argentina
- 7. Impacts of Sobradinho Dam, Brazil
- 8. The Atatürk Dam and the Southeastern Anatolia (GAP) Project, Turkey
- 9. Impacts of King River Power Development, Australia
- 10. Resettlement in China
- 11. Large Dams that Command Beijing's Heights
- 12. Resettlement due to Sardar Sarovar Dam, India
- 13. Impacts of Kangsabati Project, India
- 14. Regional and National Impacts of Bhakra-Nangal Project, India
- 15. Impacts of Koyna Dam, India
- 16. Resettlement and Rehabilitation: Lesson from India
- 17. Impacts of High Aswan Dam, Egypt
- Index.