Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects Environmental Earth Sciences 1st edition by Robert Zwahlen 3030911845 9783030911843

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ISBN 10: 3030911845

ISBN 13: 9783030911843

Author: Robert Zwahlen

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.

Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects Environmental Earth Sciences 1st Table of contents:

Part I. Approach

1. Introduction

2. Different Ways to Look at Things

3. Approach to ESIA

4. Dams, Reservoirs and Power Plants

5. Impacts

6. Mitigation

Part II. ESIA Preparation

7. Introductory Chapters to an Esia

8. Physical Environment

9. Water

10. Biological Environment

11. Human Environment

12. The ESMMP

13. Decommissioning

14. Comparison with Alternatives

Part III. Specific Issues

15. Access Roads

16. Reservoirs as Habitats

17. Reservoir Stratification

18. Downstream Impacts

19. Transboundary and Cumulative Effects

20. Residual or Ecological Flow

21. Dam Projects: Pro and Contra

Part IV. Case Studies

22. Mekong Basin

23. Rogun: Water Scarcity in Central Asia

24. Impoundment and Reservoir Development

25. HPPs in High Mountain Areas

26. Bad Dams?

27. Epilogue: Whither Dams?

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