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Functional Intent of Hydroelectric Dams

In eight pages this paper discusses the environmental effects and functions of dams with a consideration of statistics, constructi...

Reasons for an Archaeological Suvey Before Constructing a New Hydroelectric Dam

the river prior to glacial changes. Survey Methods The region to be surveyed, then, is comprised of both hilly and smooth terrai...

Staff, Department & Project Mgmt

include such concepts as "Division of work," which specifies that "Human resources can be efficiently used by specialization of ta...

Overview of a Doctoral Program Statement of Intent

to make an impact on society as a whole. My first goal is academic. My pursuit of an education extends from my belief that the ...

Environmental Conditions of Glen Canyon Dam

closely at how and why the dam was built. Glen Canyon Dam One of the most powerful elements, or perspectives, in...

Some Legal Aspects of Hoover Dam

lived nearby. Rationale for Hoover Dam The benefits that a dam on the Colorado River could bring to the southwestern United...

Southeast Asia Dam Projects

In five pages large and quite costly dam projects of Southeast Asia are considered with examples of Aswan High Dam of Egypt and Th...

Benefits and Impacts of Hoover Dam's Lake Mead

Although there are concrete dams over 900 feet high today none is as famous as Hoover Dam (Durgen and Pechin, 1999). As though th...

Capacity, Income and the Multiplier Mechanism

at the maximum capacity it presently is able to achieve. If the company is profitable or has promise of being profitable, it will...

Criminal Intent and Inter Vivos Trusts

the conviction of most crimes. The intent element is usually fulfilled if the defendant was generally aware that she or he was ve...

National Energy Efficiency Improvement Efforts

This paper examines how a nation can improve its energy efficiency through automobile usage reduction and the uses of alternative ...

Social and Environmental Effects of the James Bay Dam Project

In eight pages this paper discusses this hydroelectric project in a consideration of advantages and disadvantages and the importan...

Victorian Age National Trust Building Cragside

In eleven pages this innovative Victorian Age building, Cragside, in Northumberland, is examined in terms of Lord Armstrong's usag...

Direct and Indirect Effects and Native American Water Rights

importance than some treaty provisions given the location of most Native American reservations in the arid West (Lewis, 2001). Wa...

The Nile River's Aswan High Dam

In eight pages the sociopolitical elements of the Aswan High Dam are analyzed. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography....

China's 3 Gorges Dam Project

surface area of Singapore. Approximately 1.3 million people will have been forcibly removed from their ancestral homes by the end...

Overview of the Hoover Dam

done from its start should not be lost in environmentalist causes. Of course, such issues do need attention. At the same time, th...

Concrete Overview

In thirteen pages this paper examines concrete usage in construction projects with strength and durability as well as performance ...

Construction and Engineering Genius of the American West's Hoover Dam

In ten pages this paper examines the western American contributions of the Hoover Dam in a consideration of its construction and e...

Sustainable Development of Rain Forests' Natural Resources

to our self-perception as a species and also to the future that we envision for ourselves and our descendants (28). Wilson sees h...

The History of Fishing at Douglas Lake

Douglas Lake is nestled well into the foothills of the Smokies, with public access areas in some of the most attractive places aro...

Environmental Sustainability Challenges

well outside of the southeast province where it had contained capitalist pursuits beginning in 1979. The consequences for the res...

Hoover Dam

after the agreement was made, and Congress finally came up with the money for the project, there was a bidding war (Ward, 1994). ...

China and Environmental Sustainability

death of Chairman Mao has proved to be economically successful, but the environment has suffered at the hand of economic developme...

Native Americans and Hetch Hetchy Valley

became the first whites to actually see the valley (Ahwahnee, 2007). The Screeches encountered Pah Utes (Paiutes) camping in Hetch...

Sustainable Business

rural areas since before the beginning of Chinas capitalist experiment; currently it exceeds 15 percent in some areas even by gove...

NGO Development and Benefits

2008). The philosophers that Sen refers to as being foundational to transcendental justice include individuals such as "Hobbes an...

Reclaiming Hetch Hetchy Valley

a scattershot approach to the issue, lets concentrate on only two: first, that there are other, better ways for San Francisco to g...

Aquifers and Dams - The Pros and Cons

about other water diversion projects, most notably the "South to North Water Transfer Project" (Feng & Shi, 2011). In short, the r...