A Review of the Environmental Impact of Large Dams in Iran
Authors/Creators
- 1. Civil Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- 2. Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran,
Description
Water is very important as one of the main factors
of human life for drinking as well as purposes related to human
life and human nature. Increasing demand of water caused the
emerging science of dam engineering and also construction large
dams for agricultural purposes, drinking, industry and also flood
control, power generation, recreational and tourist use and etc.
Large dams can remarkably effect on the environment as a nonstabilizing
factor in nature in various stages of construction,
operation and end of life by stopping the flow of the river and
stored water. However, if the environment cannot tolerate this
instability, the results of the destruction of this structure will
gradually rise and the objective of dam construction will be lost.
The reality is that, the environmental effects are not considered
fully and completely for the most dams have been constructed in
Iran. In this paper, we will review the environmental impact of
construction large dams on some rivers in the country and after
that we will investigate some ways to deal with the effects and
finally we will separately examine the use of several small dams
instead of big dams as an important and effective option.
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