Overview
- Highlights the great challenges facing Egypt due to the severe water shortage
- Provides new insights into the impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Aswan High Dam
- Appeals to environmental managers, scientists and policymakers
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 79)
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Table of contents(21 chapters)
About this book
This unique volume discusses various aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Aswan High Dam (AHD) including their positive and negative impacts. It presents up-to-date research findings by Egyptian scientists and researchers covering several interesting hot topics under the following main themes:
· Major impacts of GERD compared with the AHD
· Environmental impacts of the AHD
· Modeling scenarios investigating the impacts of GERD on the AHD and downstream
· Environmental and social impacts of GERD on Egypt
· Status and assessment of the sediment of the AHD reservoir and modeling the impacts of GERD on Lake Nubia sediment accumulation
· Proposed scenarios for maximizing the benefits of the AHD reservoir
· International aspects of GERD and the AHDThe volume also offers a set of conclusions and recommendations to optimize the cooperation between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. It appeals to postgraduate students, researchers, scientists, professionals and policy planners.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Abdelazim M. Negm
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McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Sommer Abdel-Fattah
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Versus Aswan High Dam
Book Subtitle: A View from Egypt
Editors: Abdelazim M. Negm, Sommer Abdel-Fattah
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95600-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95599-5Published: 03 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07066-3Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95600-8Published: 22 October 2018
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 594
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Hydrology/Water Resources, Hydrogeology, Environmental Politics