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Sustainable Sediment Management in Dams

Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador 12 May 2017 Professor Matt Kondolf will present a keynote talk, “Planning dams for basin-scale sustainable sediment management” at a conference on sustainable sediment management in reservoirs (Perspectivas y retos del manejo sostenible de sedimentos en represas: Estrategias de manejo y mitigación de impactos) held at the Escuela Politécnica Nacional…

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River Basins and Development Trajectories: Cases from Africa, Asia and Europe

Terje Tvedt, Tarek Ketelsen Weds 05 April 0945-1145, Rm 223 Moses Hall, UC Berkeley With the increasing pace of development of water resources, including a doubling of global hydroelectric generating capacity anticipated within the next two decades, rivers are under mounting human pressure, with increasing potential for water-related conflicts, especially on rivers that cross state…

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