Hydrological alterations from water infrastructure development in the Mekong floodplains

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 3824-3838

  Dang, Thanh Duc ^a   Cochrane, Thomas A ^a   Arias, Mauricio E ^b   Van, Pham Dang Tri ^c   de Vries, Tonny T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

flood prevention systems; floodplains; hydropower dams; indicators of hydrological alterations; Mekong River

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; DAMS; ECOLOGY; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

FLOOD PREVENTION; FLOOD-PLAINS; HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROPOWER DAMS; MEKONG RIVER;

RIVERS;

DAM; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER LEVEL;

MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 84979021467     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10894     Document Type: Article

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