naa a22 4500 510756182 CHVBK 20180411083123.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12594-013-0207-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12594-013-0207-3 Opportunities and eco-environmental influence of cascade hydropower development and water diversion projects in Hanjiang river basin [Elektronische Daten] [Bai-Shan Li, Pei-Jiang Zhou, Xi-Yuan Wang, Liandong Zhu] Hanjiang river is the longest river in Yangtze river basin, having high economic importance to China for its economically exploitable hydropower and potential water resources. In an attempt to satisfy China's economic and social development needs, the Chinese government has established cascade dams and four relative water diversion projects in Hanjiang river, which aims at transferring water from south (Hanjiang river) to north (water-stricken areas). However, there are increasing eco-environmental concerns associated with the establishment and development of cascade hydropower. In this study, the opportunities and eco-environmental influences related to Hanjiang river's cascade hydropower development are explored and then recommendations are put forward to minimize the potential impacts. The implementation of vigorous projects related to hydropower and water diversion has an important role to play in solving flood, energy and water shortage problems. In addition, the eco-environmental and socio-economic impacts on the middle and downstream and its diversion can be relieved to some degree in the area. However, the establishment of projects can cause several impacts on the local eco-environment. First, Danjiangkou reservoir construction can cause change in water flow, water bloom, soil erosion in the river basin. Second, it can directly lead to the decrease of 10.5 billion cubic meters of water in the middle- and downstream areas, threatening the local supply of drinking water and influencing farming irrigation and industrial production. Finally, the construction of cascade hydropower dams can change the water form and fish stocks may reduce threatening eco-environment security and environmental geology. Geological Society of India, 2013 Hanjiang river nationallicence Eco-environmental influence nationallicence Hydropower development nationallicence Water diversion nationallicence Dam nationallicence Li Bai-Shan School of Resource and Environmental Science, Hubei Biomass-Resource Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology Key Laboratory, Wuhan University, No. 129 Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, China aut Zhou Pei-Jiang School of Resource and Environmental Science, Hubei Biomass-Resource Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology Key Laboratory, Wuhan University, No. 129 Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, China aut Wang Xi-Yuan School of Resource and Environmental Science, Xinjiang University, No. 14 Shengli Road, 830046, Wulumuqi, China aut Zhu Liandong Faculty of Technology, University of Vaasa, P.O.Box 700, FI-65101, Vaasa, Finland aut Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer India 82/6(2013-12-01), 692-700 0016-7622 82:6<692 2013 82 12594 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0207-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0207-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Bai-Shan School of Resource and Environmental Science, Hubei Biomass-Resource Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology Key Laboratory, Wuhan University, No. 129 Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhou Pei-Jiang School of Resource and Environmental Science, Hubei Biomass-Resource Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology Key Laboratory, Wuhan University, No. 129 Luoyu Road, 430079, Wuhan, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Xi-Yuan School of Resource and Environmental Science, Xinjiang University, No. 14 Shengli Road, 830046, Wulumuqi, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhu Liandong Faculty of Technology, University of Vaasa, P.O.Box 700, FI-65101, Vaasa, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer India 82/6(2013-12-01), 692-700 0016-7622 82:6<692 2013 82 12594 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer