Research Catalog

Title

The Nile, sharing a scarce resource : a historical and technical review of water management and of economic and legal issues / edited by P.P. Howell, J.A. Allan.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Publisher description

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Additional Authors

• Allan, J. A. (John Anthony)
• Howell, P. P. (Paul Philip)

Description

xvii, 408 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Water-supply > Nile River Watershed > Management
• Water resources development > Economic aspects > Nile River Watershed
• Water rights > Nile River Watershed
• Water resources development > Economic aspects
• Water rights
• Water-supply > Management
• Nile River Watershed
• Natural resources Water Management History
• River Nile

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Origin and evolution of the Nile / Rushdi Said -- History of Nile flows / Terry Evans -- History of water use in the Sudan and Egypt / Peter Chesworth -- East Africa's water requirements / Paul Howell -- History, hydropolitics, and the Nile / Robert Collins -- Global climate change and the Nile Basin / Michael Hulme -- Hydrological data requirements for planning Nile management / John Sutcliffe and Jeremy Lazenby -- Future irrigation planning in Egypt / Roy Stoner -- Future water development planning in the Sudan / David Knott and Rodney Hewitt -- Irrigation and hydro-power potential / Bezazel Kabanda and Patrick Kahingere -- The integrated development of Nile waters / Zewdie Abate.
• The control of the swamps of the Southern Sudan / Paul Howell and Michael Lock -- Water balance of the Bahr el Ghazal swamps / John Sutcliffe and Yvonne Parks -- Evolving water demands and national development options / J.A. Allen -- The Nile Basin : water management strategies / J.A. Allen -- History of the Nile Basin and Lake Victoria basins through treaties / C.O. Okidi -- Principles and precedents in international law governing the sharing of Nile waters / Samir Ahmad -- Law and the River Nile / Chibli Mallat -- Developing policies for harmonised Nile waters development and management / J.A. Allen.

ISBN

• 0521450403
• 9780521450409

LCCN

94236224

OCLC

31902969

Title

The Nile, sharing a scarce resource : a historical and technical review of water management and of economic and legal issues / edited by P.P. Howell, J.A. Allan.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Indexed Term

Natural resources Water Management History

River Nile

Added Author

Allan, J. A. (John Anthony)

Howell, P. P. (Paul Philip)