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  • the toshka mirage in the egyptian desert River Diversion as political Diversion
    Environmental Science & Policy, 2013
    Co-Authors: Jeroen Warner
    Abstract:

    Abstract Egypt's geography renders it vulnerable to water scarcity, but also enables it to control its inflow. After a run of high influx years from the Nile, Egypt embarked on a project to utilise the surplus water by planning a gigantic desert development project, Toshka, in the late 1990s. The present contribution argues that the project, even only as a dream, is instrumental to the control of the Egyptian population as well as Egypt's co-riparians on the River Nile. Rather than abandon the project, the post-revolutionary Egyptian government decided to push harder to make Toshka work. Three myths underlying the scheme (contribution to food security, solution to overpopulation and unlimited availability of water) however almost guarantee the scheme ending up another ‘white elephant’. Given the continuing disconnect between Egypt's government and population and Toshka's claim to boosting national greatness, I argue that, more than a River Diversion plan, Toshka has turned out to be a political Diversion plan from an enduring legitimacy deficit. The legitimacy base commanded by the newly elected president may obviate the need for such Diversion in future.

  • The Toshka mirage in the Egyptian desert – River Diversion as political Diversion
    Environmental Science & Policy, 2013
    Co-Authors: Jeroen Warner
    Abstract:

    Abstract Egypt's geography renders it vulnerable to water scarcity, but also enables it to control its inflow. After a run of high influx years from the Nile, Egypt embarked on a project to utilise the surplus water by planning a gigantic desert development project, Toshka, in the late 1990s. The present contribution argues that the project, even only as a dream, is instrumental to the control of the Egyptian population as well as Egypt's co-riparians on the River Nile. Rather than abandon the project, the post-revolutionary Egyptian government decided to push harder to make Toshka work. Three myths underlying the scheme (contribution to food security, solution to overpopulation and unlimited availability of water) however almost guarantee the scheme ending up another ‘white elephant’. Given the continuing disconnect between Egypt's government and population and Toshka's claim to boosting national greatness, I argue that, more than a River Diversion plan, Toshka has turned out to be a political Diversion plan from an enduring legitimacy deficit. The legitimacy base commanded by the newly elected president may obviate the need for such Diversion in future.

Guoqing Shi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Kumud Acharya - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Improved Yangtze River Diversions: Are they helping to solve algal bloom problems in Lake Taihu, China?
    Ecological Engineering, 2013
    Co-Authors: Chunyan Tang, Chao Wang, Desmond Ofosu Anim, Kumud Acharya
    Abstract:

    Abstract To mitigate eutrophication by enhancing water exchange in Lake Taihu, the third largest freshwater lake in China, a water transfer project was initiated in 2002. The project was designed to flush pollutants out of the lake by transferring water from the Yangtze River. However, the original Yangtze River Diversion did not significantly enhance water exchange in the Meiliang Bay, the most polluted area of Lake Taihu. To overcome this deficiency, the improved Yangtze River Diversions have been designed recently by adding two new pump stations named Meiliang and Xingou around Meiliang Bay. Effectiveness of water transfer projects was investigated in this study by using a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model, Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC), based on the concept of water age. Model results showed that adding new pump stations significantly improved the effectiveness of Yangtze River Diversion in Meiliang Bay. Success of water transfer is also strongly associated with the inflow or outflow rate of water transfer projects and wind conditions. Southeastern winds which dominate in summer increase performance of water transfer and improve water exchanges in Meiliang Bay. Considering water age and cost, an economically effective influent flow rate from Wangyu River (the original Yangtze River Diversion) was predicted to be 120 m 3 /s, and the corresponding appropriate outflow rate from the Meiliang pump station was about 15–20 m 3 /s on the basis of multi-objective optimization method, which decreased the average water age in Meiliang Bay by 24.32% of the original Yangtze River Diversion. Adding Xingou pump station had the similar contribution to reducing the water age in Meiliang Bay as the Meiliang pump station. In general, the improved Yangtze River Diversions played a supplementary role for the original Yangtze River Diversion in solving algal bloom problems in Meiliang Bay.

Thomas B. Fischer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

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