Abstract
Of the many major water impoundment schemes being planned or already implemented in the wet tropics, the proposed Purari River hydroelectric project in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea is among the larger ones. It is planned to occupy a markedly underpopulated area, and, as a result of this to lead to an increase in population density. This will result in a variety of sociological and health problems which must be anticipated to avoid untoward or even disastrous consequences such as those experienced elsewhere (Freeman 1974).
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Work, T.H., Jozan, M. (1983). Human arbovirus infections of the Purari River lowlands. In: Petr, T. (eds) The Purari — tropical environment of a high rainfall river basin. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7263-6_28
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