Water scarcity assessments in the past, present, and future

J Liu, H Yang, SN Gosling, M Kummu, M Flörke… - Earth's …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Water scarcity has become a major constraint to socio‐economic development and a threat
to livelihood in increasing parts of the world. Since the late 1980s, water scarcity research …

Hydropower dams of the Mekong River basin: A review of their hydrological impacts

JS Hecht, G Lacombe, ME Arias, TD Dang, T Piman - Journal of hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydropower production is altering the Mekong River basin's riverine ecosystems, which
contain the world's largest inland fishery and provide food security and livelihoods to …

Water-energy-ecosystem nexus: Balancing competing interests at a run-of-river hydropower plant coupling a hydrologic–ecohydraulic approach

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The water-energy-ecosystem nexus represents a complex interlinkage that depends on the
flow regime type. Inadequate environmental flows setting may adversely affect the riverine …

Multiple stressors determine river ecological status at the European scale: Towards an integrated understanding of river status deterioration

JU Lemm, M Venohr, L Globevnik… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The biota of European rivers are affected by a wide range of stressors impairing water
quality and hydro‐morphology. Only about 40% of Europe's rivers reach 'good ecological …

Influence of hydrologically based environmental flow methods on flow alteration and energy production in a run-of-river hydropower plant

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing demand for renewable energy has led to a massive expansion of the small-scale
hydropower plants and particularly those of run-of-river type. Meanwhile, the awareness …

Flow regime aspects in determining environmental flows and maximising energy production at run-of-river hydropower plants

A Kuriqi, AN Pinheiro, A Sordo-Ward, L Garrote - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigates the influence of the river flow regime type on the e-flows releases
and hydropower production, constrained by eight hydrologically-based e-flows methods. For …

A review of SWAT applications, performance and future needs for simulation of hydro-climatic extremes

ML Tan, PW Gassman, X Yang, J Haywood - Advances in Water Resources, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydro-climatic extremes, such as droughts and floods, have most likely increased due to
climatic change and could lead to severe impacts on socio-economic, structural and …

Beyond the natural flow regime? Broadening the hydro‐ecological foundation to meet environmental flows challenges in a non‐stationary world

NLR Poff - Freshwater Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The natural flow regime concept has contributed significantly to environmental flows (e‐
flows) science and applications over the last 20 years. Natural flow regimes reflect long …

An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

G Grill, B Lehner, AE Lumsdon… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The global number of dam constructions has increased dramatically over the past six
decades and is forecast to continue to rise, particularly in less industrialized regions …

The natural sediment regime in rivers: Broadening the foundation for ecosystem management

E Wohl, BP Bledsoe, RB Jacobson, NLR Poff… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Water and sediment inputs are fundamental drivers of river ecosystems, but river
management tends to emphasize flow regime at the expense of sediment regime. In an effort …