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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile

Shimelis Behailu Dessu, Wossenu Abtew

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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Geowissenschaften

Beschreibung

This book is about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam newly being built on the Blue Nile, a transboundary river. Due to rising population and increasing water demand in the Nile basin, major projects raise interest and concern by millions with potential for water conflict. The dam design, reservoir filling policy, operation of the dam, riparian countries response, dam site importance and social impact and economy of the dam are presented in the book.

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Schlagwörter

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Transboundary River Issue, Dam construction, Dam impact on downstream countries, Hidase Dam, GERD construction, Dam to fight droughts, Impact of Ethiopian dam, Dam Design, Dam Operation, Millennium Dam, The Nile Basin, Environmental Geography