Should Benji Dam be dredged? A preliminary impact assessment to dredging a water reservoir in an African national park

Environmentalist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-195

  Tafangenyasha, C ^a,b,c  

^a Gonarezhou National Parks   (Zimbabwe)

^b Kharkov State Agricultural Institute   (Ukraine)

^c Zimbabwe Institute of Management   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR DREDGING; SILT;

BENJI DAM; GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030723982     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018572605194     Document Type: Article

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