Quantifying the potential for reservoirs to secure future surface water yields in the world’s largest river basins

Surface water reservoirs provide us with reliable water supply, hydropower generation, flood control and recreation services. Yet reservoirs also cause flow fragmentation in rivers and lead to flooding of upstream areas, thereby displacing existing land-use activities and ecosystems. Anticipated pop...

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Main Authors: Lu Liu, Simon Parkinson, Matthew Gidden, Edward Byers, Yusuke Satoh, Keywan Riahi, Barton Forman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab2b5