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1. Behind an ambitious megaproject in Asia: The history and implications of the Bakun hydroelectric dam in Borneo

Author:
Benjamin K. Sovacool; L.C. Bulan
Source:
Energy policy 2011 v.39 no.9 pp. 4842-4859
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
basins; concrete; dams (hydrology); economies of scale; energy; infrastructure; interviews; livelihood; politics; poverty; rain forests; rivers; Borneo; Malaysia
Abstract:
... Using a case-study, inductive, narrative approach, this article explores the history, drivers, benefits, and barriers to the Bakun Hydroelectric Project in East Malaysia. Situated on the island of Borneo, Bakun Dam is a 204m high concrete face, rock filled dam on the Balui River in the Upper Rajang Basin in the rainforests of Sarawak. Bakun Dam and its affiliated infrastructure could be the single ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2011.06.035

2. Bathymetry and siltation rate for Dokan Reservoir, Iraq

Author:
Rebwar Hassan; Nadhir Al‐Ansari; Ammar A. Ali; Salahalddin S. Ali; Sven Knutsson
Source:
Lakes & reservoirs 2017 v.22 no.2 pp. 179-189
ISSN:
1320-5331
Subject:
clay; concrete; dams (hydrology); gravel; gravity; lakes; rivers; sand; sandy clay soils; sediment deposition; silt; silty clay soils; surveys; water reservoirs; Iraq
Abstract:
... The Dokan Reservoir dam is a concrete cylindrical arch with gravity abutments, located on the Lesser Zab River about 60 km from the city of Sulaimani in north‐eastern Iraq. A bathymetric survey was conducted in November 2014 for a period of 10 days, using an echo sounder of 200‐kHz single beam. The survey results indicated an annual average sediment deposition of 3.8 million m³. Thirty‐two sedimen ...
DOI:
10.1111/lre.12173

3. Stability assessment of slide zones in Lesser Himalayan part of Yamunotri pilgrimage route, Uttarakhand, India

Author:
Divya Dudeja; S. P. Bhatt; A. K. Biyani
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2017 v.76 no.1 pp. 54
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
cohesion; concrete; dams (hydrology); friction; laboratory experimentation; particle size distribution; quartzite; rain; rivers; seepage; shear stress; soil; soil classification; stream channels; vegetation; villages; India
Abstract:
... The present study deals with the slope stability analysis and geotechnical assessment of a part of pilgrimage route to one of the holy shrines of India, i.e. Yamunotri. The route also embraces a proposed site for 204 m high concrete gravity dam across River Yamuna near Lakhwar village with the aim of generation of 300 MW power. Several slide zones were identified and based on the discontinuity ori ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-016-6366-y

4. Bed-Load Transport in Two Different-Sized Mountain Catchments: Mlynne and Lososina Streams, Polish Carpathians

Author:
Artur Radecki-Pawlik; Piotr Kuboń; Bartosz Radecki-Pawlik; Karol Plesiński
Source:
Water 2019 v.11 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
bedload; concrete; culverts; dams (hydrology); flood control; floods; gravel; human resources; lakes; mountains; prediction; river engineering; riverbank protection; rivers; sand; sediment deposition; spring; stream channels; water reservoirs; watersheds
Abstract:
... The prediction and calculation of the volume of gravel and/or sand transported down streams and rivers—called bed-load transport is one of the most difficult things for river engineers and designers because, in addition to field measurements, personnel involved in such activities need to be highly experienced. Bed-load transport treated by many engineers marginally or omitted and often recei ...
DOI:
10.3390/w11020272

5. How Does the Japanese Water Shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus Cross the Concrete Walls of Check Dams?

Author:
Hiroaki Saito; Hiroshi Hashimoto; Teruaki Hino; Masaharu Motokawa
Source:
Mammal study 2019 v.44 no.1 pp. 1-11
ISSN:
1348-6160
Subject:
concrete; dams (hydrology); rivers; sediments; shrews; streams; surveys; Japan
Abstract:
... The concrete walls of check dams are considered a physical barrier for aquatic and semiaquatic animals that inhabit mountain streams. Traveling behaviors around concrete check dams by the Japanese water shrew Chimarrogale platycephalus, a semi-aquatic mammal, were directly observed via radio-tracking in Kamikoshi Stream in central Honshu, Japan. Traveling behaviors were mainly observed on the wet ...
DOI:
10.3106/ms2017-0056

6. An environmental assessment of small hydropower in India: the real costs of dams’ construction under a life cycle perspective

Author:
Giorgio Bidoglio; Markus Berger; Matthias Finkbeiner
Source:
international journal of life cycle assessment 2019 v.24 no.3 pp. 419-440
ISSN:
0948-3349
Subject:
biodiversity; carrying capacity; case studies; computer software; concrete; dams (hydrology); ecosystem services; electricity; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; eutrophication; global warming; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; guidelines; land use change; life cycle assessment; organic matter; rivers; steel; water power; India
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: In the last years, India has taken a number of initiatives to boost small hydropower development based on the assumption of being a green energy source with only limited disturbances on the social and natural environments. However, its real environmental performances have not been examined. The intention of this paper is to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of Small Hydropower ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11367-018-1458-4

7. Overcoming the concrete conquest of aquatic ecosystems

Author:
Steven J. Cooke; Jordanna N. Bergman; Elizabeth A. Nyboer; Andrea J. Reid; Austin J. Gallagher; Neil Hammerschlag; Keith Van de Riet; Jesse C. Vermaire
Source:
Biological conservation 2020 v.247 pp. 108589
ISSN:
0006-3207
Subject:
Anthropocene epoch; aquatic ecosystems; aquatic environment; biodiversity; biogeochemistry; concrete; construction materials; culverts; dams (hydrology); dust; erosion control; fish; fish ladders; flood control; freshwater; human development; infrastructure; management systems; natural resources conservation; permeability; pollutants; rivers; shorelines; stormwater management; streams; transportation; water power
Abstract:
... In reflecting on the human domination of our planet in the Anthropocene, some have argued that concrete is among the most destructive materials created by humans. Here we explore this idea, specifically in the context of what we consider “the concrete conquest of aquatic ecosystems.” The ubiquitous use of concrete in transportation and building infrastructure has contributed to alterations in fres ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108589