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Environmentally destructive redirection of water flows
Name(s):
Diversion of watercourses
Displacement of river channels
Rechannelling of streams
Redirection of surface water flows
Broader
Hazardous geo-engineering
Vulnerability of lakes and rivers
Natural gas production environmental hazards
Unethical practices in natural resource management
Uncoordinated international river basin development
Environmental degradation from use of unsurfaced country roads and tracks
Related
Structural failure
Inadequate bridge plan
Dangerous building construction
Inadequate watershed management
Inadequate construction expertise
Hazardous settlement of flood plains
Environmental hazards from the construction industry
This problem is a member of 49 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Variable river channel
Interruption of water courses
[in 17 loops]
Inadequate groundwater recharge
Degradation of fragile ecosystems
Disruption of arid zone ecosystems
[in 3 loops]
Threatened alluvial forests habitats
Environmental degradation of desert oases
Environmental degradation due to creation of dams and lakes
[in 29 loops]
Aggravated by
Breached levees
Desiccation of rivers
Uncontrolled river erosion
Water flow obstructions in watercourses
Water deprivation of downstream locations
Strategy(ies)
Opposing development of rivers
Restoring river ecosystems
Value(s)
Displacement
Divergence
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems