GOODD, a global dataset of more than 38,000 georeferenced dams

The interaction of human population, food production, and biodiversity protection

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An index-based framework for assessing patterns and trends in river fragmentation and flow regulation by global dams at multiple scales

(2015) Günther Grill et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Are Reservoirs Water Consumers or Water Collectors? Reflections on the Water Footprint Concept Applied on Reservoirs

(2015) T. H. Bakken et al.   WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Sustainable water management under future uncertainty with eco-engineering decision scaling

(2015) N. LeRoy Poff et al.   Nature Climate Change

A global boom in hydropower dam construction

(2014) Christiane Zarfl et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems

(2013) Bernhard Lehner et al.   HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES

WaterWorld: a self-parameterising, physically based model for application in data-poor but problem-rich environments globally

(2013) Mark Mulligan   HYDROLOGY RESEARCH

High-resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management

(2011) Bernhard Lehner et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Impact of Artificial Reservoir Water Impoundment on Global Sea Level

(2008) B. F. Chao et al.   SCIENCE