| "Dams have long been viewed as "engines" of economic progress -- centerpieces of efforts to develop modern industrial economies. They are also among the largest single investments in development infrastructure, and are among the largest structures ever built by humans. Since the late 1940s the number of large dams world-wide has grown enormously; on every continent they provide electricity, water or flood control..." |
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Original Text by:
Prof. Stephen Bocking
Assistant Professor
Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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Ian Davis
IDSNet Coordinator
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