Overview
- Focuses on real cases and practical examples
- Allows for a more objective discussion of dams and hydropower
- Contains numerous figures to better understanding complex issues
Part of the book series: Environmental Earth Sciences (EESCI)
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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ESIA Preparation
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Front Matter
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Specific Issues
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book describes the entire process of environmental impact assessment for hydropower and dam projects, not from a legal or regulatory point of view, but from a very applied one, based mainly on the personal experience of the author, who is involved in this field of work since over 40 years, by describing the different steps of such an assessment, covering all major aspects to be dealt with. The focus is on environmental issues, while the other main subject—social impacts—is mentioned here only briefly. It will be of interest not only for ESIA (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) practitioners, be they consultants involved in the preparation of such studies or staff members of environmental protection agencies having to come to decisions based on them, but also for engineers and planners involved in such projects, developers, and people interested in questions related to energy, environment, and climate change. Overall, this book aims at contributing to put the discussionabout hydropower and dam projects on a more objective level.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects
Authors: Robert Zwahlen
Series Title: Environmental Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91185-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91184-3Published: 04 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91187-4Published: 05 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91185-0Published: 03 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2199-9155
Series E-ISSN: 2199-9163
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 622
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 126 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Renewable and Green Energy