Dams and Development Project

... buttherearenocities,ports , roads, bridges, dams.

Beaver dams, yes. Hoover Dam, no.

I'm against dams of any kind.

Final report of the World Commission on Dams, Dams and Development A New Framework for Decision making (November 2000).

Some Senators are solidly opposed to these dams.

Dams are also being constructed to avoid soil erosion.

In 2000, the World Commission on Dams estimated the global total of persons displaced by dams alone to be between 40 and 80 million.

This shows you the positions of some of these dams.

See Dams and Development a New Framework for Decision making, ed.

Repetitive coverage from various seasons and years indicated new dams that had recently been built and in some cases revealed dams that had broken and not been repaired.

We feel however, that the construction of big dams should be opposed.

Turkey and Syria also limit water flowing into the marshes with dams upstream.

At the dams in Jirau and Santo António, 13 workers have died since 2008.

Displacements were also caused by major development projects, such as large dams or mines.

or TVA, and authorised it to build a series of dams along the river.

Creates wind barriers, vegetation growth, and small dams to prevent soil erosion and conserve water.

Articles 56 and 53 outlaw attacks on dams, dikes, nuclear generating stations, and places of worship.

One innovative technique is the use of underground dams to capture water flowing in shallow aquifers.

68. The merger of DAMS and DMIS has enabled considerable rationalization, e.g., in the administrative support functions.

The catalyst for these broad based protests is the proposed construction of hundreds of dams throughout western China.

Plans call for dozens of dams to be placed along their serpentine courses through the mountains of Yunnan.

There are, of course, sound environmental and economic arguments against constructing large dams and even for decommissioning some.

Whole villages are mined, road systems, power plants, bridges, dams and the areas around United Nations safe havens.

There's already enough dams locking things up, taming them, making them go against their natural wants and needs.

As China seeks to keep its economic engine running, dams and hyrdopower do represent a cleaner alternative to coal.

Whatever portions of this ecosystem that the dams don t submerge are certain to be disrupted in potentially disastrous ways.

67. Two Professional posts will be redeployed to OBM one from the DOF directorate and the other from DAMS.

Roads, power lines, electric plants, irrigation systems, water plants, dams and industrial plants are often mined during civil conflicts.

With hundreds of dams still likely to become targets for protest, pressure will only intensify for a more significant response.

in his blog, Mohammad Darvish has written about a conference about the construction of big dams, the consequences and alternatives.

In most instances, forced evictions are the result of development projects such as hydroelectric dams and mining and logging operations.

Premier Wen Jiabao has stayed the construction of a number of dams until environmental and social impact assessments could be undertaken.

Dams provided they are adequately sized and designed can contribute to human development by fighting climate change and regulating water supply.

Also, dams have been built in the valleys to stop soil erosion. Millions of saplings were planted in areas that were threatened with desertification.

The Commission has not excluded from its inspections prisons, sports grounds, universities, bread ovens, abattoirs, civilian shelters, sewers, irrigation dams, hospitals and government office buildings.

Many of those land mines were laid around key infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, dams, power lines and water stations, to protect them from sabotage.

The world in which I operate operates with designs regarding roads, or dams, or provision of electricity that have not been revisited in 60 years.

Emphasis will be placed on rehabilitating earth dams with rubber linings and the installation of pumps to remove excess water which could cause leakages or erosion.

So, we all know about the Narmada river, the tragedies of dams, the tragedies of huge projects which displace people and wreck river systems without providing livelihoods.

Public works negotiated by BNDES in the South American Amazon include hydroelectric dams with cracks, pipelines with leaks, and a railroad that shook the presidency of Bolivia.

The 14 hydroelectric dams on the Columbia's main stem and many more on its tributaries produce more hydroelectric power than those of any other North American river.

During its brief tenure, the present Government has made massive infrastructure developments resulting in the construction of 176 dams, 202 major bridges and 60,000 kilometres of motorways.

So, we all know about the Narmada river, the tragedies of dams, the tragedies of huge projects which displace people and wreck river systems without providing livelihoods.

On the basis of those studies, many dams have been built to preserve rain water and replenish underground water reservoirs with a view to expanding the arable area.