1st Edition
Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Two Volume Set Proceedings of the International Symposium on Dams in the Societies of the 21st Century, 22nd International Congress on Large Dams (ICOLD), Barcelona, Spain, 18 June 2006
Edited By Luis Berga, J.M. Buil, E. Bofill, J.C. De Cea, J.A. Garcia Perez, G. Mañueco, J. Polimon, A. Soriano, J. Yagüe
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CRC Press
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CRC Press
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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... Read more
Selected Contents: Preface; Role of dams and reservoirs; Benefits of dams; Dam Engineering and analysis of alternatives; Social and environmental aspects; Author index
Biography
Luis Berga, J.M. Buil, E. Bofill, J.C. De Cea, J.A. Barcia Perez, G. Mañueco, J. Polimon
