Scale of water resources development and sustainability: Small is beautiful, large is great [Echelle du développement des ressources en eau et durabilité: Petit est beau, grand est bien]

Koutsoyiannis, D

dc.contributor.author	Koutsoyiannis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:03:11Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:03:11Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	02626667	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29364
dc.subject	Dams	en
dc.subject	Energy storage	en
dc.subject	Hydropower	en
dc.subject	Renewable energy	en
dc.subject	Reservoirs	en
dc.subject	Scale of development	en
dc.subject	Water needs	en
dc.subject	Water resources	en
dc.subject.other	Developed countries	en
dc.subject.other	Echelle	en
dc.subject.other	Energy adequacy	en
dc.subject.other	Energy supplies	en
dc.subject.other	Environmentally-friendly	en
dc.subject.other	Hydropower	en
dc.subject.other	Hydropower plants	en
dc.subject.other	Natural hazard	en
dc.subject.other	Renewable energies	en
dc.subject.other	Scale of development	en
dc.subject.other	Water infrastructure	en
dc.subject.other	Water needs	en
dc.subject.other	Water resources development	en
dc.subject.other	Developing countries	en
dc.subject.other	Energy storage	en
dc.subject.other	Flywheels	en
dc.subject.other	Hydroelectric power	en
dc.subject.other	Hydroelectric power plants	en
dc.subject.other	Reservoirs (water)	en
dc.subject.other	Water resources exploration	en
dc.subject.other	Water supply	en
dc.subject.other	Water resources	en
dc.subject.other	dam	en
dc.subject.other	developing world	en
dc.subject.other	energy resource	en
dc.subject.other	governance approach	en
dc.subject.other	hydroelectric power	en
dc.subject.other	hydroelectric power plant	en
dc.subject.other	infrastructural development	en
dc.subject.other	renewable resource	en
dc.subject.other	reservoir	en
dc.subject.other	resource development	en
dc.subject.other	sustainable development	en
dc.subject.other	water resource	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.title	Scale of water resources development and sustainability: Small is beautiful, large is great [Echelle du développement des ressources en eau et durabilité: Petit est beau, grand est bien]	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1080/02626667.2011.579076	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2011.579076	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	Several aspects of water resources and their links with food and energy supply, as well as with natural hazards, have been obscured due to political aims and ideological influences. At the same time, the involvement of politics and ideology testifies to the high importance of water-related issues internationally, and reflects the intensifying unresolved problems related to water, food and energy adequacy, as well as protection from floods and droughts. In an attempt to separate, as much as possible, the essence of problems from the political and ideological influences, several facts and fallacies about water and interrelated issues are discussed, based on data (numbers) rather than on dominant ideological views. The domain of the discussion is generally the entire globe, but, as a particular case, Greece, whose water resources are only partly developed, is discussed in more detail. From a pragmatic point of view, the water infrastructure in developed countries appears to be irreplaceable, although its management is adaptable toward more environmentally-friendly operation. For developing countries, no alternative to large-scale water resources development by engineering means appears plausible. The recent pursuit of renewable energy makes imperative the utilization of the existing and, where possible, the building of new, large hydropower plants, as only these can provide efficient energy storage, which is necessary for the renewable energy provided by nature in highly varying patterns. © 2011 IAHS Press.	en
heal.journalName	Hydrological Sciences Journal	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/02626667.2011.579076	en
dc.identifier.volume	56	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	553	en
dc.identifier.epage	575	en