Assessment on Environmental Impact of Building Tidal Gate on Yongjiang River

The construction of a tidal gate on Yongjiang could bring certain social and economic benefits by blocking sea water and storing fresh water, but a serial of problems on sediment silting, water eutrophication, and the reduction of aquatic organism, especially the serious negative impacts of sediment...

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Published in2010 International Conference on Management and Service Science pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Lihua Feng, Huayou Zhu
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.08.2010
Subjects
Construction industry
Floods
Logic gates
Marine animals
Rivers
Sediments
Tides
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Summary:The construction of a tidal gate on Yongjiang could bring certain social and economic benefits by blocking sea water and storing fresh water, but a serial of problems on sediment silting, water eutrophication, and the reduction of aquatic organism, especially the serious negative impacts of sediment silting on flood control and water draining, marine navigation as well as the current available ports will occur. Together with the consideration resulted from the advance of coastal line, earth surface sinking and Sea surface rising, it is better not to build the tidal gate on Yongjiang River.
ISBN:9781424453252
1424453259
DOI:10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5576515