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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

An Overview of Aswan High Dam and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Authors : Abdelazim Negm, Mohamed Elsahabi, Mohamed Salman Tayie

Published in: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Versus Aswan High Dam

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Abstract

Egypt is facing many challenging since the year 2011. At the top of these challenges, the freshwater scarcity at the same of the increasing demand of freshwater for the rapid growth of populations and consequently the increasing demand for food. The construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) imposed additional challenges to Egypt due to the expected harm to all sectors in Egypt particularly the agricultural sector which consumes about 80–85% of the freshwater. Therefore, this chapter introduces the basic information GERD and AHD. Also, the major environmental impacts and benefits of GERD compared to Aswan High Dam (AHD) are presented as an introduction to this unique volume about GERD and AHD in the series titled “Handbook of Environmental Chemistry.”

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Metadata
Title
An Overview of Aswan High Dam and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Authors
Abdelazim Negm
Mohamed Elsahabi
Mohamed Salman Tayie
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Versus Aswan High Dam

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-95599-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-95600-8

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2018_321