Planning for a Large Dam Project: The Case of Traveston Crossing Dam

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2991-3015

  Wasimi, Saleh Ahmed ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic development; Environmental sustainability; Large dam project; Social equity

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CURRENT GENERATION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUTURE GENERATIONS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; LARGE DAM PROJECT; POLITICAL FORCES; PROJECT COST; PROJECT PLANNING; QUEENSLAND; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; SOCIAL EQUITY;

DAMS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRECIATION; ECONOMICS; METAL RECOVERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EQUITY; NATIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77956179157     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9591-2     Document Type: Article

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