The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile E-Book

Wossenu Abtew

• Herausgeber: Springer International Publishing
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Serie: Springer Geography
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

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.