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Dams, displacement, and the delusion of development
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ISBN: 9780821420331 082142033X 0821444506 9780821444504 Year: 2013 Publisher: Athens

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Cahora Bassa Dam on the Zambezi River, built in the early 1970's 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...


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Implementing International Watercourses Law through the WEF Nexus and SDGs : An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambezi River Basin
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ISBN: 9004444718 900444470X Year: 2020 Publisher: Brill

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"Implementing International Watercourses Law through the WEF and SDGs: An Integrated Approach Illustrated in the Zambezi River Basin offers an innovative approach to the governance of shared watercourses and the implementation of international water law through the Law, Nexus and Goals (LNG) approach. By looking at policy frameworks such as the WEF nexus and global development agendas such as the SDGs, the monograph provides a method of integration for holistic water governance. In order to demonstrate this approach, a case study of the Zambezi River Basin is used, through which the monograph not only exemplifies the approach taken, but also provides a detailed account of the legal and policy frameworks within the basin"--

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