Large Dams
An Overview of Seismic Design Criteria for Large Dams
... of large dams in the ...concrete dams may be more vulnerable to such actions than high dams, which have predominant Eigen frequencies that are smaller than those of such ground acceleration ...
7
The Political Ecology of Chinese Large Dams in Cambodia: Implications, Challenges and Lessons Learnt from the Kamchay Dam
... by large infrastructure development. Large energy infrastructures such as dams have profound effects on the society-environment ...relationships. Large dams are most of the time ...
19
Malaria impact of large dams in sub Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions
... Large dams have been promoted as a mechanism to adapt to the likely increase in hydrological variability arising from climate change in Africa ...planned dams in SSA, including in areas that are ...
12
Malaria and large dams in sub Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate
... several dams in recent years that have helped satisfy its growing energy demand, and the country is currently building an additional eight large dams, including the huge Grand Renaissance Dam ...
14
Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors
... georeferenced dams could not be correctly located so were excluded in this ...of dams uti- lized relative to previous work ...georeferenced dams represents only about two-thirds of the total number ...
12
Total risk analyses for large dams in Kizilirmak basin, Turkey
... eight large dams considered for this ...the large dams of Gelingullu, Sarimsakli and Sid- dikli, and numerous small ...these dams range from ...
9
Environmental and meteorological factors linked to malaria transmission around large dams at three ecological settings in Ethiopia
... Daily reservoir water level data were obtained for each dam from the Ethiopian Electricity and Power Corpora- tion, and the Ministry of Water Resources for the dura- tion of the study period (January 2010 to December ...
16
Regarding. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the population affected by large dams, notably the Ilisu Hydropower Plant
... conclude that – in contrast to the assertion in the state report - food related problems not only arise from a lack of knowledge, but can also stem from measures taken by the Turkish government which can severely ...
7
Malaria impact of large dams at different eco-epidemiological settings in Ethiopia
... extending the period of transmission. Similar findings were documented in the Gilgel-gibe Dam in south Ethiopia [13], the Bemendjin Dam of Cameroon [9], the Kamburu Dam of Kenya [10], the Mthera Dam of Tanzania [47], and ...
14
Environmental Impacts of Dams Around the World
... Abstract: A review of scientific literature, specifically in English, was carried out to identify the main impacts generated by the construction of large dams in Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and the ...
10
The Hydropower Plants Dams
... mature. Dams can also block the migration of fish that swim upstream to reach spawning ...California, large dams have blocked the migration of Coho, Chinook, and sockeye salmon from the ocean to ...
15
The effects of irrigation dams on water supply in Ghana
... largest dams in the world (the Three Gorges dam ...on Large Dams (ICOLD) defines a large dam as one with the height of 15 m or more from the ...But dams 5-15 m high with a reservoir ...
6
Effects of Dams on Environment: A Study in Global Perspective
... the dams faulty and it might burst leading to a ...all dams burst due to faulty construction, some burst because of the natural ...Two large dams, the Banqiao and the Shimantan, and about ...
7
Dams for Development
... The World Bank hails hydropower as the sustainable development tool to challenge the energy needs and alleviate poverty in countries. These large dams entail complex and multidimensional social impacts on ...
39
South South technology transfer of low carbon innovation: large Chinese hydropower dams in Cambodia
... We conclude that, while South – South technology transfer of low-carbon energy innovation can offer opportuni- ties for sustainable development, it can only be fully successful when host governments have the capacity to ...
13
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to Inspect Hydroelectric Dams
... led large companies and research centers to invest in the development of underwater ...hydroelectric dams, focusing efforts on mechatronic project based on dimension- ing structural elements and machinery ...
11
The Changing Role of Dams in Water Resources Management
... of dams, wherein these structures can be part of the resolution to their paradoxical benefits and ...costs. Dams should be viewed as opportunities both to affect environmental conditions in positive ways ...
6
An Overview of Breach Modeling of Earthen Embankment Dams
... Recently Hanson et al. (2011) developed the soil parameters for dam breach. Wu (2013) presented a comprehensive simplified physically based breach model, which was able to simulate the breaching processes of non-cohesive ...
11
Influence of Dams on River Ecosystem and Its Countermeasures
... autumn. Dams destroyed the habitat of parts of triphibian plants and made their bio- logical resource ...changed. Dams also affected the ex- change of species and altered the habitat of lower river ...
7
Risk Assessment and Safety Evaluation of Distress Dams
... for dams has accelerated and is now ...for dams, initiatives taken towards risk ...gravity dams and remedial measures being adopted for improvement as a long-term solution is also ...
10