Dams In Africa

Author : Neville Rubin,William M. Warren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317845560

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Dams in Africa Cb by Neville Rubin,William M. Warren Pdf

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.

Author : Neville Ruben,William M. Warren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0714612480

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Dams in Africa by Neville Ruben,William M. Warren Pdf

First published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Henry Olivier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Dams
ISBN : UOM:39015000998958

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Great Dams in Southern Africa by Henry Olivier Pdf

Author : Matthew P. McCartney
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Dams
ISBN : 9789290906629

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Decision Support Systems for Large Dam Planning and Operation in Africa by Matthew P. McCartney Pdf

Supported by many International agencies.

Author : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dams and malaria in Africa by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pdf

Author : Stephan F. Miescher
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253059987

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A Dam for Africa by Stephan F. Miescher Pdf

Since its construction in the early 1960s, the hydroelectric Akosombo Dam across the Volta River has exemplified the possibilities and challenges of development in Ghana. Drawing upon a wealth of sources, A Dam for Africa investigates contrasting stories about how this dam has transformed a West African nation, while providing a model for other African countries. The massive Akosombo Dam is the keystone of the Volta River Project that includes a large manmade lake 250 miles long, the VALCO aluminum smelter, new cities and towns, a deep-sea harbor, and an electrical grid. On the local level, Akosombo has meant access to electricity for people in urban and industrial areas across southern Ghana. For others, Akosombo inflicted tremendous social and environmental costs. The dam altered the ecology of the Lower Volta, displaced 80,000 people in the Volta Basin, and affected the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians. In A Dam for Africa, Stephan Miescher explores four intersecting narratives: Ghanaian debates and aspirations about modernization in the context of decolonization and Cold War; international efforts of the US aluminum industry to benefit from Akosombo through cheap electricity for their VALCO smelter; local stories of upheaval and devastation in resettlement towns; and a nation-wide quest toward electrification and energy justice during times of economic crises, droughts, and climate change.

Author : J M. Jordaan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Dams
ISBN : 0620185384

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Large Dams and Water Systems in South Africa by J M. Jordaan Pdf

Author : Raj Bardouille,Mechthild Nagel,Muna Ndulo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781443802277

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The Hydropolitics of Africa by Raj Bardouille,Mechthild Nagel,Muna Ndulo Pdf

Water is both an essential resource and a source of disease and conflict in contemporary Africa. And we begin to learn that far distant processes of consumption and pollution can have their impact on the water systems of Africa: global warming produced by the material culture of the first world threatens the weather systems and very survival of developing countries. In this context, this volume – the product of an expert meeting at Cornell University’s Institute for African Development – traces and tracks the dynamics of the contemporary hydropolitics of Africa. The volume contains a variety of approaches to the study of the organisation of water within Africa ranging from technical essays on water borne diseases, through institutional analyses of the legal and political arrangements around the distribution of water to social policy analyses of the unmet demand for water amongst Africa’s poor. Taken as a whole, the volume provides the reader with a useful reference work on the contemporary hydropolitics of Africa whilst simultaneously providing a lively introduction to a critical and much neglected area of African development policy.

Author : Frédéric Bazin,Jamie R. Skinner,Jérôme Koundouno
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Dams
ISBN : 1843698250

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Sharing the Water, Sharing the Benefits by Frédéric Bazin,Jamie R. Skinner,Jérôme Koundouno Pdf

Author : Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780620295192

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Hydropolitics in the Developing World by Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood Pdf

Bringing contributions by a variety of authors together in one volume is part of an attempt to show that hydropolitics is a growing discipline in its own right. The prevailing definition of hydropolitics is widened to include the elements of scale and range. This is illustrated through a focus on theoretical and legal issues, case studies from Southern Africa and a proposed research agenda. The book is an important addition to the literature on hydropolitics.

Author : Giuseppina Siciliano,Frauke Urban
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315440026

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Chinese Hydropower Development in Africa and Asia by Giuseppina Siciliano,Frauke Urban Pdf

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors. Chinese Hydropower Development in Africa and Asia explores the governance and socio-economic implications of large Chinese dams’ development in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa and asks how these big infrastructure projects promote sustainable local and national development in the recipient countries. The book first discusses general aspects of Chinese involvement in hydropower development in Africa and Asia, looking at political and economic aspects, before presenting selected case studies from large dams built and financed by Chinese actors in Asia and Africa. Based on these results, the book further makes recommendations on how to improve the planning, implementation and governance of large dams for sustainable global dam-building. This volume is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and scholars in the areas of Development, Environmental Studies, Politics and Economics.

Author : Dzodzi Tsikata
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047406556

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Living in the Shadow of the Large Dams by Dzodzi Tsikata Pdf

This book on dam-affected communities of the Volta River Project breaks with the mould and tackles the question of long term environmental and socio-economic impacts and responses of two often neglected groups of communities- the downstream and lakeside communities.

Author : Allen F. Isaacman,Barbara S. Isaacman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780821444504

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Dams, Displacement, and the Delusion of Development by Allen F. Isaacman,Barbara S. Isaacman Pdf

Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970s during the final years of Portuguese rule, was the last major infrastructure project constructed in Africa during the turbulent era of decolonization. Engineers and hydrologists praised the dam for its technical complexity and the skills required to construct what was then the world’s fifth-largest mega-dam. Portuguese colonial officials cited benefits they expected from the dam—from expansion of irrigated farming and European settlement, to improved transportation throughout the Zambezi River Valley, to reduced flooding in this area of unpredictable rainfall. “The project, however, actually resulted in cascading layers of human displacement, violence, and environmental destruction. Its electricity benefited few Mozambicans, even after the former guerrillas of FRELIMO (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) came to power; instead, it fed industrialization in apartheid South Africa.” (Richard Roberts) This in-depth study of the region examines the dominant developmentalist narrative that has surrounded the dam, chronicles the continual violence that has accompanied its existence, and gives voice to previously unheard narratives of forced labor, displacement, and historical and contemporary life in the dam’s shadow.

Author : J. Tischler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137268778

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Light and Power for a Multiracial Nation by J. Tischler Pdf

'Modernisation' was one of the most pervasive ideologies of the twentieth century. Focusing on a case study of the Kariba Dam in central-southern Africa and based on an array of primary sources and interviews the book provides a nuanced understanding of development in the turbulent late 1950s, a time when most colonies moved towards independence.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : IIED
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Sharing the benefits around large dams in West Africa by Anonim Pdf