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Hydropower Versus Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Patterns

Sources:

Environmental Research Letters

Authors:

Ruijie Zeng

Ximing Cai

Tingju Zhu

Date:

28 February 2017

While reservoir operations for hydroelectricity production might support irrigation, there are also well-known cases where hydroelectricity production reduces water availability for irrigated food production. This study assesses these relationships at the global level using machine-learning techniques and multi-source datasets.