Dams in Africa Cb: An Inter-Disciplinary Study of Man-Made Lakes in Africa

by Neville Rubin (Editor), William M. Warren (Editor)

Overview

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, with corresponding social, political and legal consequences. Some of these consequences have been considered in the essays presented here, both in the specific context of particular projects and as in the more general context of comparative surveys, by experts who were (with two exceptions) present at the seminar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714612485
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/25/1968
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Neville Rubin, William M. Warren

Table of Contents

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;