Scale of water resources development and sustainability: small is beautiful, large is great

Koutsoyiannis, D

dc.contributor.author	Koutsoyiannis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:05:27Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:05:27Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	0262-6667	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29487
dc.subject	water resources	en
dc.subject	water needs	en
dc.subject	scale of development	en
dc.subject	dams	en
dc.subject	reservoirs	en
dc.subject	hydropower	en
dc.subject	renewable energy	en
dc.subject	energy storage	en
dc.subject.classification	Water Resources	en
dc.subject.other	MANAGEMENT	en
dc.subject.other	ENERGY	en
dc.subject.other	HYDROPOWER	en
dc.subject.other	HYDROLOGY	en
dc.subject.other	RECHARGE	en
dc.subject.other	CLIMATE	en
dc.title	Scale of water resources development and sustainability: small is beautiful, large is great	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	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.	en
heal.publisher	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD	en
heal.journalName	HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000294124700003	en
dc.identifier.volume	56	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	553	en
dc.identifier.epage	575	en