Evaluation of environmental impacts resulting from river regulation works: A case study from Portugal

Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics - River Flow 2006

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 2081-2091

  Barbosa, A E ^a   Alves, E ^a   Cortes, R M V ^b   Silva Santos, P M ^b   Aguiar, F ^c   Ferreira, T ^c  

^a Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENGINEERING WORKS; GROYNES; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC REGIMES; MONDEGO RIVER; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS; PORTUGAL; RIVER REGULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HYDRAULICS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 60749092843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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