Open AccessWaterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan: An Analysis of the Revelle Report (Review Article)
Author(s) -
Ghulam Mohammad,
Christoph Beringer
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v3i2pp.250-278
Subject(s) - waterlogging (archaeology) , subject (documents) , agriculture , political science , state (computer science) , panel discussion , management , economic history , library science , history , economics , archaeology , mathematics , computer science , business , ecology , wetland , algorithm , advertising , biology
In 1961 during the state visit by President Mohammad Ayub Khanto the United States, the two Presidents discussed the problem ofwaterlogging and salinity and its implications for economic developmentin Pakistan. As a result of this meeting, a Panel of U.S. experts wasassembled to study the problem. This Panel was composed of specialistsin agriculture, hydrology, engineering and social sciences; its chairmanwas Dr. Roger Revelle, Science Adviser to the United States Secretary ofthe Interior. The Panel's Report1 was submitted to the President ofPakistan in September 1962, with the comment that it should beconsidered as being still in preliminary draft form and subject tocontinuing revisions as comments from other experts in the field arereceived. The present article is based on this preliminary version ofthe Revelle Report. While there may be changes in detail, we haveassumed that the broad conclusions embodied in the Report will remainunchanged.