struggle over hydropower development and decision-making on water and land across the region, this study shows that countries …This paper aims to contribute to understanding the existing knowledge gaps in the linkages of energy, water, and land … that are the winners or losers in the hydropower development schemes are not the only ones managing the Mekong; rather, it …

Water balances pertaining to the flux of water through the Volta River Basin and a black box model of the rainfall …/runoff relationship for estimating the river flows into the Akosombo Reservoir are presented. As the water demand has approached supply …, the tradeoffs between competing water uses are likely to intensify. It is also apparent from the balances that land use …

The Mekong River Basin has reemerged in recent years as a region of geostrategic significance. Extensive hydropower …-à-vis the management of the river's shared water resources, the implications of such discord for human and ecological security …

Increases in water demand due to population growth, industrial development and urbanization necessitate economically … efficient use of water resources worldwide. This is particularly true in the dryland zones of the world relying on irrigated … agriculture for economic development such as in Uzbekistan, Central Asia. Due to ill-managed water resources and the dominance of …

Large hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks … of climate change. The debate is especially relevant on the African continent, which offers vast hydropower potential … structure P3 contracts to improve hydropower project value as well as insure sponsors against climate risk. …

-dominated electricity system using Switzerland as a case study. By using a short-term hydropower operation model and a set of Swiss … hydropower plants, we are able to identify a competitive benchmark for Swiss balancing market prices defined by the opportunity … costs of hydropower for providing balancing capacity. Our results show that Swiss balancing market prices are influenced by …