Environmental evaluation of Turkey's transboundary rivers' hydropower systems

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 648-658

  Berkun, Mehmet ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coruh river project; Environmental effects; Euphrates; Hydropower dams; Southeastern anatolia project

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CORUH RIVER PROJECT; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; EUPHRATES; HYDROPOWER DAMS; SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIA PROJECTS (GAP); TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

DAM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ANATOLIA; BLACK SEA; CORUH RIVER; EUPHRATES RIVER; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); TURKEY;

EID: 77953531002     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l10-003     Document Type: Article

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