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为拆除水坝的折中建模

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Excavators Begin the Breaching of Veazie Dam

image: Excavators begin the breaching of Veazie Dam. The removal of Veazie Dam, built in 1913, is a step in the Penobscot River Restoration Project, among the largest river restoration efforts in US history. view more 

Credit: Image courtesy of Meagan Racey (USFWS).

科研人员开发了在三个空间尺度上审视与美国新英格兰地区拆除水坝有关的经济、社会与生态折中的一个模型,结果发现把很大数量的水坝纳入到这个模型中,能优化用于确定拆除水坝的标准之间的折中,这些标准包括生态系统服务、河流安全以及经济成本,即便这些折中因地点而异也是如此;这组作者说,这些模型可能通过分析对水坝的规模和地点具有独特性的折中从而帮助未来建设水坝的决定。

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