Abstract This paper presents an examination of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt. The paper explores the history of the construction of the dam. It then examines its uses. Finally the paper looks at the benefits of the dam and its liabilities. The paper concludes that overall the pros outweigh the cons and that the Aswan High Dam is a valuable asset to Egyptian society.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Dam
Conclusion
From the Paper "The Aswan High Dam is one of the largest dams in the world and it provides a multitude of benefits to those who live in the surrounding area."
"The electricity it generates is clean, and does not contribute to air or environment pollution. It maintains the river to control flooding which allows the environment to grow and prosper without fear of destruction.
The problems it created while being constructed included the destruction of artifacts that were thousands of years old. In addition it flooded a nation and the entire population had to be moved with their lifestyles and history destroyed. When the pros and cons are weighed against each other the dam provides many benefits to society now and will continue to do so in the future."
Abstract The paper discusses the High Aswan Dam, an engineering marvel that controls the Nile River and keeps broad areas of the Nile Delta from flooding each spring. The paper then explores the costs of this dam
in human terms and in maintenance levels. The paper concludes that Egypt has paid a high price for the benefits the dam has provided them.
From the Paper "The High Aswan Dam is actually the second dam at Aswan. The first, constructed in 1899 by the British when Egypt was a British territory, had to be raised twice, in 1907 and 1933. The Nile River is very unpredictable, and it topped the original Aswan Dam several times during its history. The last time it nearly flooded was in 1946, and officials began to talk of raising it again. However, after study, instead of raising the dam a third time, engineers decided to build a much higher dam about four miles upriver from the original dam, and about 400 miles south of Cairo. While they had found an answer to the flooding problems, Egypt could not afford to build the dam all on her own, so Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser sought help from other countries."
Tags: Nile, Delta, maintenance, famine, prosperity, crops
Abstract This paper studies the impact of Gamal Abdel Nasser's leadership in Egypt on the country's economic policy. The paper begins with a brief review of Nasser's rise to power in the 1950s. Next, the paper turns to an assessment of Nasser's various economic policies, including land redistribution, construction of the Aswan Dan and nationalization of the Suez Canal. The paper concludes that Nasser was responsible for redesigning the economic policy of a nation that had endured decades of imperialist rule.
Outline
Introduction
Economic Policy
Land Redistribution
Aswan Dam
Suez Canal
Economic Conclusions
From the Paper "To understand the impact that Nasser had in the economic arena, it is essential to briefly discuss his past and rise to power. Nasser was born in Banny Mor Asyout, Egypt. He eventually moved to Cairo, as a result of his father's job as Inspector in Minister of Post. In Cairo he eventually earned his high school diploma, during which time he partook in several demonstrations against British occupation of his homeland. In 1937 Nasser joined military school, "he graduated on 1938 to join the third platoon in Asyout where he met Anwar El Sadat, and Zakaria Mohyi El Deen who later joined him in the "Free Officers" organization."
Examination of the ethical, environmental, social, economic & regulatory issues of dam building around the world. Discusses problems & benefits, examples (focusing on Egypt's Aswan Dam).
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 27 sources, 1997, $ 87.95
From the Paper "ETHICAL ISSUES OF DAMS
Introduction
With the possible exceptions of enterprises involving nuclear-fission or the incineration of hazardous wastes, no more socioculturally incendiary undertaking can be announced than the intention to construct a dam and reservoir project across a free-flowing stream. The ethical outrage heaped on sponsors of new projects is rivaled by the same antagonists' dyspepsia over sad outcomes at past reservoirs, whose dams' eventual removals with repairs of former conditions have been demanded by friends of the environment.
Explored here are current and past professional standards involving choices between right and wrong (i.e., ethics) that have been breached among politicians, economists, engineers, or..."
History of Nubia as a country, & history of the populace is discussed. Past & present culture, & the manner of cultural evolution described. Also examined is disappearance, through assimilation, of Nubian culture because of Aswan Dam
2,250 words (approx. 9 pages), 5 sources, 1994, $ 79.95
From the Paper "Nubia is the name of a former African country now divided between Egypt and Sudan, and the name remains for the Nubian Desert South of Lake Nasser. Ancient Egypt was briefly ruled by Nubian kings in the 8th.7th centuries BC. The ancient Egyptians knew the north as Wawat and the south as Kush, with the dividing line roughly at Dongola. Egyptian building work in the area included temples at Abu Simbel, Philae, and a defensive chain of forts that established the lines of development of medieval fortification. Between about 600 BC.AD 350, the capital of Nubia was Meroe, near Khartoum. About AD 250.550 most of Nubia was occupied by the X.group people, of whom little is known; their royal mound tombs were mistaken by earlier investigations for natural mounds created by wind erosion and were excavated in the 1930s."
Abstract This paper explains how the Suez crisis of 1956 marked a decisive military defeat, yet it was a great political and economic victory for President Nasser, Egypt, and the entire Arab world. It shows how the nationalization of the canal provided the Arab world with the hero it so badly needed. Nasser provided guidance for his people and also provided an end to the period of Western imperial dominance in Egypt.
From the Paper "With Nasser's nationalization of Suez, the Western powers were furious regarded the nationalization as ?theft.? What came to be known as the Tripartite aggression in the East, the collaboration of Britain, France, and Israel all began to deploy troops for Suez immediately.10 All of the involved nations had their concerns with Nasser's nationalization of the canal, but the four nations most chiefly concerned with the affair were Britain, France, the United States, and Israel.11 The Western powers of Britain, France, and the United States were much more concerned with the economic aspect of its nationalization, rather than the physical usage of it. For the West, Suez represented the quickest, most economical means of shipping to India and the far East. Both Britain and France had major economic interests in the canal12 and British ships represented seventy percent of the canal's daily traffic. As Terrence Robertson put it, the Suez canal was ?the spinal cord of the British Empire.?13 With respect to the United States, the only reason that they did not take immediate military action is that of the ramifications it would have had on the Cold War and their already tense relationship with the Soviet Union.14 Other reasons for hostility among the Westerners include the fact that Nasser had been aiding the Algerians in their movement against the French, Israel was angry about their banishment from the gulf of Aqueba and perhaps from Suez altogether upon total Egyptian control."
Tags: arab, aswan, britain, dam, egypt, league, nasser, oppression
