Topic ID #12076 - posted 6/2/2011 10:48 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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Building a Better Dam Map: New Database of Reservoirs and Dams for Sustainable River-Flow Management
Jennifer Palmer
Webmaster
Building a Better Dam Map: New Database of Reservoirs and Dams for Sustainable River-Flow Management
ScienceDaily (June 2, 2011) — Humans have been building reservoirs and dams for thousands of years. Over the past few decades, their construction has spiked as our need to harness water -- critical in flood control, irrigation, recreation, navigation and the creation of hydroelectric power -- has grown. And while dams and reservoirs have important benefits, they can also be disruptive and costly to both humans and the environment.
A close assessment of critical environmental and social tradeoffs associated with dams and reservoirs within the global river network has been impossible because the data describing their location, size and purpose have been incomplete and inadequate.
Read more here.
ScienceDaily (June 2, 2011) — Humans have been building reservoirs and dams for thousands of years. Over the past few decades, their construction has spiked as our need to harness water -- critical in flood control, irrigation, recreation, navigation and the creation of hydroelectric power -- has grown. And while dams and reservoirs have important benefits, they can also be disruptive and costly to both humans and the environment.
A close assessment of critical environmental and social tradeoffs associated with dams and reservoirs within the global river network has been impossible because the data describing their location, size and purpose have been incomplete and inadequate.
Read more here.
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