Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians

• Main Author: Scudder, Thayer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development,
• Subjects: Environment.; Economic geography.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Human geography.; Sustainable Development.; Economic Geography.; Environmental Management.; Human Geography.

This book highlights the long-term resettlement process of the Egyptian Nubian people along the Aswan High Dam. Assessing the resettlement of 48,000 Egyptian Nubians in connection with the High Dam is especially important for three main reasons: firstly, this resettlement process is one of the rare...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Egyptian Nubian Resettlement in the Context of Global Dam-induced Resettlement
• Egyptian Nubia before the High Dam
• Old Nubia and Lake Nasser Today
• Summary
• Conclusions.