The world bank's new environmental policy for dams and reservoirs
- 1 December 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Water Resources Development
- Vol. 6 (4) , 226-239
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07900629008722478
Abstract
Water development schemes are fraught with major environmental problems, especially in the tropics. However, where gains in conservation and use efficiency of energy and water have been substantial, then such schemes can often be more appropriate than alternatives, such as coal and nuclear. But this means that the environmental impacts of water development schemes must be prevented, mitigated or compensated for much more effectively than hitherto. The World Bank's new policy is designed to do just that.Keywords
This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
- Sustainable Development: From Concept and Theory to Operational PrinciplesPopulation and Development Review, 1990
- Brazil's Balbina Dam: Environment versus the legacy of the Pharaohs in AmazoniaEnvironmental Management, 1989
- Conservation vs. Development: River Basin Projects in AfricaEnvironment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1989
- The Environmental Effects of theHigh Dam at AswanEnvironment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 1988
- Short communications monitoring the impact of dams on the downstream physical environment in the tropicsRegulated Rivers: Research & Management, 1988
- The Impact of Hydroelectric Development on the Amazonian Environment: With Particular Reference to the Tucurui ProjectJournal of Biogeography, 1988
- Environmental Considerations in Planning, Design and Construction of DamsWater International, 1986
- Energy Productivity: Key to Environmental Protection And Economic ProgressBulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 1985
- Impacts of hydroelectric development on the environmentEnergy Policy, 1982
- The Itaipú Hydro-Electric Project: The Paraguayan PerspectiveBulletin of Latin American Research, 1982