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...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Biswas, Asit K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tortajada, Cecilia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Σειρά:Water Resources Development and Management,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a 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. 
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