Keyword

dam construction

Description: Dam construction is the engineering design and building of barriers across waterways for purposes such as water storage, flood control, or hydropower.

Primary topic: Dam Engineering and Safety (28%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/dam-construction

Geomorphic/Tectonic Control of Sediment Discharge to the Ocean: The Importance of Small Mountainous Rivers

1992 · John D. Milliman, James P. M. Syvitski · The Journal of Geology · 3,567

Adaptation to natural flow regimes

2003 · David A. Lytle, N.LeRoy Poff · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 1,761

Human Appropriation of Renewable Fresh Water

1996 · Sandra L. Postel, Gretchen C. Daily, et al. · Science · 1,453

Threats to the running water ecosystems of the world

2002 · Björn Malmqvist, Simon Rundle · Environmental Conservation · 1,046

Drowning of the Mississippi Delta due to insufficient sediment supply and global sea-level rise

2009 · Michael D. Blum, Harry H. Roberts · Nature Geoscience · 1,033

Silenced rivers: the ecology and politics of large dams

1997 · Choice Reviews Online · 858

River discharges of water and nutrients to the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Major drivers for ecosystem changes during past and future decades?

2009 · Wolfgang Ludwig, Egon Dumont, et al. · Progress In Oceanography · 769

50,000 dams later: Erosion of the Yangtze River and its delta

2010 · S.L. Yang, J.D. Milliman, et al. · Global and Planetary Change · 759

Sustainable hydropower in the 21st century

2018 · Emilio F. Moran, Maria Claudia Lopez, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 694

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The human role in changing river channels

2006 · K.J. Gregory · Geomorphology · 675

The vulnerability of Amazon freshwater ecosystems

2013 · Leandro Castello, David G. McGrath, et al. · Conservation Letters · 620

The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River

1997 · Douglas Deur, Richard White · Geographical Review · 578

Hydrologic Connectivity and the Contribution of Stream Headwaters to Ecological Integrity at Regional Scales1

2007 · Mary C. Freeman, Catherine M. Pringle, et al. · JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 576

Ecosystem Alteation of Boreal Forest Streams by Beaver (Castor Canadensis)

1986 · Robert J. Naiman, Jerry M. Melillo, et al. · Ecology · 546

Large‐scale degradation of Amazonian freshwater ecosystems

2015 · Leandro Castello, Marcia N. Macedo · Global Change Biology · 535

Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling

2015 · N. LeRoy Poff, Casey M. Brown, et al. · Nature Climate Change · 521

Decline of Yangtze River water and sediment discharge: Impact from natural and anthropogenic changes

2015 · S. L. Yang, K. H. Xu, et al. · Scientific Reports · 458

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Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building

2005 · Ken Conca · 415

A Perspective on America's Vanishing Streams

1990 · Arthur C. Benke · Journal of the North American Benthological Society · 411

Emerging and Resurging Vector-borne Diseases

1999 · Norman G. Gratz · Annual Review of Entomology · 409

Can it work? Does it work? Is it worth it?

1999 · B. Haynes · BMJ · 405

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Effects of dam construction on biodiversity: A review

2019 · Haipeng Wu, Jin Chen, et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production · 401

Fish Migration, Dams, and Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Mekong Basin

2010 · Patrick J. Dugan, Chris Barlow, et al. · AMBIO · 401

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Depoliticized Environments: The End of Nature, Climate Change and the Post-Political Condition

2011 · Erik Swyngedouw · Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement · 392

Soil stabilization: principles and practice,

1972 · O G Ingles, J B Metcalf · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 392

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