Sustainability assessment of dams

Management of water scarcity in arid areas: a case study (Ziz Watershed)

“…Dams are multiobjective in a way to guarantee agriculture demand, water supply (Zhao et al, 2012), Hydroelectric production, and flood control (Elhassnaoui et al, 2020). However, (Karami & Karami, 2019) and (Okkan & Kirdemir, 2018) show that, under RCP8.5 projections, reservoir inflow will decrease, in the Mediterranean in a way to alter the reservoir's sustainability. Therefore, sustainable management of existing dams become a real challenge for decision-makers (Karami & Karami, 2019).…”

“…However, (Karami & Karami, 2019) and (Okkan & Kirdemir, 2018) show that, under RCP8.5 projections, reservoir inflow will decrease, in the Mediterranean in a way to alter the reservoir's sustainability. Therefore, sustainable management of existing dams become a real challenge for decision-makers (Karami & Karami, 2019). Then we need a better approach to enhance the performance of the existing dams (Tiğrek et al, 2009).…”

Environmental impact of Aposelemis dam and tunnel water supply project in NE Crete, Greece

“…affected, which engenders water allocation conflicts (Fung et al, 2019) and a potential source of social and political instability (Karami and Karami, 2020). Civil society and environmental groups are often mobilized by dam development's associated environmental and social impacts (Gerlak et al, 2020).…”

“…In certain cases, the lack of respect towards environment's components and procedures led to catastrophic impacts and negative criticism. During the recent decades, the global scientific society was considerably concerned about dam projects (Bird and Wallance, 2001;Beck et al, 2012;Keskinen et al, 2012;Hodbod et al, 2019;Karami and Karami, 2020). Dam removal and river restoration were investigated in order to reverse the environmental impacts (Lejon et al, 2009;Beck et al, 2012;Buckner et al, 2018;Birnie-Gauvin et al, 2020).…”

“…Dam removal and river restoration were investigated in order to reverse the environmental impacts (Lejon et al, 2009;Beck et al, 2012;Buckner et al, 2018;Birnie-Gauvin et al, 2020). Sustainability assessment, optimum construction and management of dams and reservoirs became crucial concepts (Beck et al, 2012;Chen et al, 2016;Ho and Goethals, 2019;Karami and Karami, 2020;Wilk-Woźniak et al, 2021).…”