Dams and reservoirs, societies and environment in the 21st century : proceedings of the International Symposium on Dams in the Societies of the 21st Century, ICOLD-SPANCOLD, 18 June 2006, Barcelona, Spain /
Water resources stored by dams and reservoirs play an essential role in water resource management, hydropower and flood control. Where there is an extensive network of dam infrastructures, dams have made a major contribution to economic and social development, providing considerable storage capacity...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Water resources stored by dams and reservoirs play an essential role in water resource management, hydropower and flood control. Where there is an extensive network of dam infrastructures, dams have made a major contribution to economic and social development, providing considerable storage capacity per capita. However, dams and reservoirs may also have an important social and environmental impact, and should be studied within the framework of integrated water resource management and sustainable development. Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century presents the latest. |
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| Item Description: | Flood management in reservoirs in upper river basins from real time data collection by using downstream water alert systems. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1370 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781134138500 1134138504 |