The Downstream Impacts of Dam Construction
A Case Study from Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8964174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W M Adams (0000-0002-1559-0379, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 292-292 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/622179 |
| OpenAlex | W2034786505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 1 |
The Bakolori Dam was built in the mid-1970s on the River Sokoto in Northwest Nigeria to supply a 30 000 ha irrigation scheme. The dam reduced the magnitude of the wet season floods which supported an extensive and sophisticated agricultural system and a fishery on which a population of some 50 000 people depended. Reduced flooding caused a shift from rice to lower value millet and sorghum crops in the wet season, and a significant reduction in the extent of dry season cultivation. Fish populations apparently declined, and fishing decreased. Estimates of the consequent loss of production show how a more complete economic appraisal of the scheme at Bakolori would have been less favourable than the calculation upon which it was approved. Downstream effects of dam projects are rarely considered in project appraisal. Some reasons for this are discussed, and opportunities for remedial development in the flood-plain are outlined
Archaeology · Business · Civil engineering · Dam break · Downstream (manufacturing · Environmental planning · Flood myth · Geography · Operations management · Water resource management · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Water resources management and optimization · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
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The Environmental Challenge
Performance of large-scale irrigation projects in sub-Saharan Africa
Pretend Participation
River basin planning as a strategy for rural development in Nigeria
Researchers and the rural poor
The human use of wetlands
Adapting to Dams
Spatial injustice to energy access in the shadow of hydropower in Brazil
Development's deaf ear
Indigenous Use of Wetlands and Sustainable Development in West Africa
The environmental effects of dam construction in tropical Africa
Downstream effects of dams on livelihoods of river-dependent communities
Large Scale Irrigation in Northern Nigeria
Addressing “edge” problems in land and water management in the Sokoto-Rima river basin, Nigeria
Small-scale farmer-managed irrigation in Northern Nigeria
Space, Time and Sustainability in the Hadejia‐Jama'are Wetlands and the Komodugu Yobe Basin, Nigeria
Rural protest, land policy and the planning process on the Bakolori Project, Nigeria
Dam Influences on Liver Fluke Transmission
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2024 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |