Assessing the potential sediment-related impacts of hydropower development in the Mekong River Basin

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2012: Crossing Boundaries, Proceedings of the 2012 Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2236-2246

  Wild, T B ^a   Loucks, D P ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; FLOW MANAGEMENT; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDRO-POWER DEVELOPMENT; HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL; HYDROPOWER PROJECTS; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MASS BALANCE; MEKONG RIVER; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; MYANMARS; NATURAL FLOW; NATURAL SEDIMENTS; OPERATING POLICIES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RIVER BASINS; SIMULATION MODEL; SUBBASINS; THAILAND; TIME STEP; TRANS-BOUNDARY; VIET NAM;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84866093108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412312.225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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