Fearnside PM (2016a) Environmental and social impacts of hydroelectric dams in Brazilian Amazonia: implications for the aluminium industry. World Dev 77:48-65Fearnside, P. M. (2016). Environmental and Social Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams in Brazilian Amazonia: Implications for the Aluminium Industry...
There are a number of social and environmental impacts that occur as a result of building dams to generate power. In order to build a dam a huge area...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account ...
The social and environmental impacts of dams : Mapping the issues (sometimes vigorous) opposition.The social acceptability of dams is therefore a question of prime importance, and this paper seeks to outline some answers and lines of enquiry, concerning awareness of environmental and democratic issues...
In many of these countries, a holistic approach has been adopted to EIA requiring the consideration of both biophysical and socioeconomic impacts. This is expressed in regulations concerning the basic EIA contents. Thus, social variables are implicit in the following items, wherever environment is ...
Environmental and Social Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams in Brazilian Amazonia: Implications for the Aluminum Industry Aluminum smelting consumes large amounts of electricity and helps drive dam-building worldwide. Brazil plans to build dozens of hydroelectric dams in its A... Fearnside,M Philip - 《Wo...
SUMMARY ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT The Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project in the Lao People's Democratic Republic will dam the Nam Thuen creating a reservoir and generating power. Key environmental impacts of project operation are in the areas of physical and biological en... N Theu...
we found 1.8 mm/yr of differential settlement in dams contributed to their failure, and flooding damaged ~8570 buildings. We argue that the interplay of aging infrastructure, political instability, climate change, and human decisions drove this disaster, stressing the need for a holistic ‘health...
Environmental impacts Dams have been criticized for altering natural flow regimes, blocking fish passage, affecting sediment transport, and changing watershed characteristics, which collectively contribute to the degradation of water quality, fish population, and biodiversity as well as cascading social and ...
The numerous dams and reservoirs in Quebec represent a major environmental concern. This text addresses environmental problems pertaining to three different regions with respect to reservoir and dam management. Data sets collected prior to and after the filling up of the La Grande complexe of reservoi...
[19], land use change impacts on vegetation and biodiversity [20], spatial arrangement of bio-physical and socio-economic factors and their role in mountain landscape change [9], pressures of social, economic and technological development damages to mountain ecological and environmental balance [21]...