Remote sensing of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: a hazard and environmental impacts assessment

Management Scenarios of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Their Impacts under Recent and Future Climates

Close to the border with Sudan, Ethiopia is currently building the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa with a storage volume corresponding to approximately 1.5 years of the mean discharges of the Blue Nile. This endeavor is controversially debated in the public and the scientific literature. Contributing to this discussion, by shading some light on climate change issues, an eco-hydrolog...

Environmental impacts assessment of construction and utilization phases of tourism projects in Karun Dam IV, Iran

There is a strong mutuality between tourism and environment via the creation of feedback mechanisms, since tourism often places adverse effects upon the quality and quantity of natural and cultural resources of the destination, leading to its qualitative and quantitative degradation. Within theEnvironmental Impacts Assessment (EIA) studies, various methods have been proposed to assess and analy...

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Remote Sensing Approach

Environmental monitoring and assessment includes a wide spectrum of study that overlaps many disciplines, all of which are independent. This paper illustrates several broad subjects related to environmental constraints including water pollution, effects of atmospheric contamination, strip mining, and natural disasters. Remote sensing can provide complementary information to existing ground-base...

Monitoring Urban Growth and Its Environmental Impacts Using Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing for Assessing Environmental Impacts Based on Sustainability Indicators

Sustainable development is that which meets the needs of the present without foreclosing the needs or options of the future. Many studies have been published on how to assess sustainability using indicators that describe the different activities that impact on the environment. These can be related to the three pillars of sustainability, ecological, economic and environmental dimensions of devel...