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Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Thayer Scudder

    1. Division of The Humanities and Social Sc, California Institute of Technology Division of The Humanities and Social Sc, Pasadena, USA

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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development (BRIEFSCSSD)

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Table of contents (1 chapter)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians

    • Thayer Scudder
    Pages 1-52

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 53-55
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This book highlights the long-term resettlement process of the Egyptian Nubian people along the Aswan High Dam. Assessing the resettlement of 48,000 Egyptian Nubians in connection with the High Dam is especially important for three main reasons: firstly, this resettlement process is one of the rare cases in which research begun before the dam was built has continued for over forty years. Secondly, the resettlement of the Egyptian Nubian people is one of the few cases in which the living standards of the large majority improved because of the initial political will of the government, combined with Nubian initiatives. Thirdly, given the complexity of the resettlement process, weaknesses in government planning, implementation, and in the weakening of government political provide valuable lessons for future dam-induced resettlement efforts.

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  • Division of The Humanities and Social Sc, California Institute of Technology Division of The Humanities and Social Sc, Pasadena, USA

    Thayer Scudder

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Prof. Thayer Scudder is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the California Institute of Technology, USA. He is a leading World authority on dams and is the former Commissioner of the World Commission on Dams. His research interests are in the area of socioeconomic impacts of large dams, regional development, and community-based natural resource management.

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