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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Interruption of water courses

Interruption of water courses

Broader

Environmental degradation due to creation of dams
Presentable

Narrower

Water flow obstructions in watercourses
Presentable

Aggravates

Water conflicts
Excellent
Soil erosion
Excellent
Silting of water systems
Presentable

Aggravated by

Environmentally destructive redirection of water flows
Presentable
Environmental impacts from mining
Presentable

Strategy

Damming rivers
Unpresentable
Avoiding interruption of water courses
Yet to rate

Value

Interruption
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Waterways
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J1622
    DOCID
    12016220
    D7NID
    137194
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020