Optimized reservoir operation to balance human and environmental requirements: A case study for the Three Gorges and Gezhouba Dams, Yangtze River basin, China

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Cai, Wenjun ^a   Zhang, Lili ^b   Zhu, Xueping ^a   Zhang, Aijing ^a   Yin, Junxian ^b   Wang, Hao ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Gezhouba Dam; Hydrological alteration; Power generation; Reservoir operation; The Three Gorges Dam

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER GENERATION; RESERVOIR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; GEZHOUBA DAM; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84880392787     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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