Assessment of the Environmental Destructive Effects of Building Dams
From the beginning of creation, human being has ever
fought against the ecosystem by changes has made in environment.
The most environmental changes on the nature have been done after
starting the concentrated life in the same region. Dams are one of the
most important buildings in water resources and transferring. These
buildings have been made from old times without access to
hydrological, hydraulically, hydro mechanical information. Dams
have positive and negative effects on environment. Constructing a
dam relatively causes equal ecological consequences. According to
different criteria, environmental effects of dams can lead short term
and long term damages. These effects may influence on the situation
and treatment of meteorology, biology, culture, ancient works, etc
and severely causes to change and complicate it. So considering
importance of positive effects of dam construction, it is necessary to
minimize negative environmental effects of dams to achieve a stable
development. In this article the considered effects and their solutions
in influencing on assessment of destructive environmental effects of
dams construction have been surveyed and presented.
[1] A. Karimi Jashni, and M. Chamanchi, "Comparison of destructive
effects on environmental of dams by Vooten and Rau matrix," the first
workshop of dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[2] M. Sait Tahmicioglu, N. Anul, F. Ekmekci and N. Durmus, "Positive
and negative impact of dams on the environment," International
Congress on River Basin Management, Turkey, Chapter 2, 2007,
pp.759-769.
[3] S. Ishida, M. Kotoku, E. Abe, M. A. Fazal, T. Tesuchihara and M.
Imaizumi, "Construction of Subsurface Dams and Their Impact on the
Environment," Material and Geo Environment, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2003,
pp.149-152.
[4] N. V. Aladin, I. S. Plotnikov and W. T. W. Potts, "The Aral Sea
Desiccation and Possible Ways of Rehabilitating and Conserving its
Nothern Part, Int. J. Environmetrics 6, 1995, pp. 17-29.
[5] G. Roll, N. Alexeeva, N. Aladin, I. Plotnikov, V. Sokolov, T.
Sarsembekov, Ph. P. Micklin, "Aral sea," The lake basin management
Initiative Regional Workshop for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas
held at Saint Michael-s College in Vermont, U.S.A., 18-21 June, 2003.
[6] M. S. Kadivar, "Dams and Development", the First Edition Book,
Tehran, Iran, 2006.
[7] Canadian Dam Association. (2000). CDA-s frequently asked questions.
Canadian Dam Association. Available:
http://www.cda.ca/cda/main/newlets/fall00/faq.html.
[8] R. Stott, and L. Smith, "River Recovery Project, Restoring Rivers and
Streams Through Dam Decommissioning and Modification,". Outdoor
recreation Council of BC, 2001, 48pp.
[9] F. Zafarnejad, "Consequences of Environmental in Large Dams," the
first edition, Translation from P. Mc Caly, 2006.
[10] M. Kamali and M. Kochekzadeh, "Effect of Environmental factors in
Planning of Water Resource Development. Case Study: Kalghan Dam,"
the first workshop of dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[11] Gh. Aiaz and M. Vatandoost, "Assessment of environmental effects on
Sari Rajaee reservoir dam and installation related," the first workshop of
dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[12] A. Sabet Raftari and S. MostafaPour, "Investigation of challenge and
problems in assessment of dam environmental effects," the first
workshop of dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[1] A. Karimi Jashni, and M. Chamanchi, "Comparison of destructive
effects on environmental of dams by Vooten and Rau matrix," the first
workshop of dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[2] M. Sait Tahmicioglu, N. Anul, F. Ekmekci and N. Durmus, "Positive
and negative impact of dams on the environment," International
Congress on River Basin Management, Turkey, Chapter 2, 2007,
pp.759-769.
[3] S. Ishida, M. Kotoku, E. Abe, M. A. Fazal, T. Tesuchihara and M.
Imaizumi, "Construction of Subsurface Dams and Their Impact on the
Environment," Material and Geo Environment, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2003,
pp.149-152.
[4] N. V. Aladin, I. S. Plotnikov and W. T. W. Potts, "The Aral Sea
Desiccation and Possible Ways of Rehabilitating and Conserving its
Nothern Part, Int. J. Environmetrics 6, 1995, pp. 17-29.
[5] G. Roll, N. Alexeeva, N. Aladin, I. Plotnikov, V. Sokolov, T.
Sarsembekov, Ph. P. Micklin, "Aral sea," The lake basin management
Initiative Regional Workshop for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas
held at Saint Michael-s College in Vermont, U.S.A., 18-21 June, 2003.
[6] M. S. Kadivar, "Dams and Development", the First Edition Book,
Tehran, Iran, 2006.
[7] Canadian Dam Association. (2000). CDA-s frequently asked questions.
Canadian Dam Association. Available:
http://www.cda.ca/cda/main/newlets/fall00/faq.html.
[8] R. Stott, and L. Smith, "River Recovery Project, Restoring Rivers and
Streams Through Dam Decommissioning and Modification,". Outdoor
recreation Council of BC, 2001, 48pp.
[9] F. Zafarnejad, "Consequences of Environmental in Large Dams," the
first edition, Translation from P. Mc Caly, 2006.
[10] M. Kamali and M. Kochekzadeh, "Effect of Environmental factors in
Planning of Water Resource Development. Case Study: Kalghan Dam,"
the first workshop of dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[11] Gh. Aiaz and M. Vatandoost, "Assessment of environmental effects on
Sari Rajaee reservoir dam and installation related," the first workshop of
dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
[12] A. Sabet Raftari and S. MostafaPour, "Investigation of challenge and
problems in assessment of dam environmental effects," the first
workshop of dam and environmental, Tehran, Iran, 2007.
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fought against the ecosystem by changes has made in environment.
The most environmental changes on the nature have been done after
starting the concentrated life in the same region. Dams are one of the
most important buildings in water resources and transferring. These
buildings have been made from old times without access to
hydrological, hydraulically, hydro mechanical information. Dams
have positive and negative effects on environment. Constructing a
dam relatively causes equal ecological consequences. According to
different criteria, environmental effects of dams can lead short term
and long term damages. These effects may influence on the situation
and treatment of meteorology, biology, culture, ancient works, etc
and severely causes to change and complicate it. So considering
importance of positive effects of dam construction, it is necessary to
minimize negative environmental effects of dams to achieve a stable
development. In this article the considered effects and their solutions
in influencing on assessment of destructive environmental effects of
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