The Waters of the Nile: Hydropolitics and the Jonglei Canal, 1900-1988 (Oxford Studies in African Affairs)

by Robert O. Collins

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This is a study of the evolution of proposals to develop the Nile Basin to ensure the best use of its precious waters. The hydropolitics of the Nile Valley is the most important issue today for the future of the inhabitants of Egypt, the Sudan, Ethiopia, and East Africa. The story of `Nile Control' is the product of British, Egyptian, and Sudanese engineers and hydrologists, whose designs have determined the way of life of the millions who depend upon the Nile
waters for their survival.
  • ISBN10 0198217846
  • ISBN13 9780198217848
  • Publish Date 1 March 1990
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Imprint Clarendon Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 464
  • Language English