Environmental Flow Assessments Are Not Realizing Their Potential as an Aid to Basin Planning
Multiple planned dams in developing countries, mostly for hydropower, are threatening some of the world's great river systems. Concern over their social and environmental impacts has led to hydropower being excluded from the sustainability term ‘green energy.' Better planning, design and o...
Main Authors: | Jackie M. King, Cate Brown |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00113/full |
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