| Title: |
A rapid assessment of the immediate environmental impacts of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine |
| Authors: |
Spears, Bryan; Harpham, Quillon; Brown, Emma; Thackeray, Stephen; Elliott, Alex; Hofman, Barbara; Taylor, Phillip; Barnett, Catherine; Barwell, Louise; Collel, Marta Roca; Davison, Mark; Garbutt, Angus; Hazlewood, Caroline; Lanyon, James; Lofts, Stephen; MacKechnie, Colin; Noble, James; Medinets, Sergey; Ramsbottom, David; Redhead, John; Riera, Alberto; Spurgeon, David; Svendsen, Claus; Turvey, Kath; Wood, Michael; Brown, Andrew; Dearnaley, Mike; Dixon, Harry; Milne, Anthea; Randall, Kate; Rees, Gwyn; Wainwright, Stuart; Wilson, Doug |
| Publisher Information: |
Zenodo |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
Zenodo |
| Subject Terms: |
Ukraine; Dam; Breach; Ecology; Biodiversity; Pollution; Conflict |
| Description: |
Cite as: UKCEH & HRW, 2023. A rapid assessment of the immediate environmental impacts of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine. Report prepared by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and HR Wallingford for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Expert Advisory Call Down Service 2 Lot 4 Rapid Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine. 29 June 2023. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10462809 The dam of the Kakhovka hydro power plant, known as the Kakhovka Dam or Nova Kakhovka Dam, near Nova Kakhovka town, Kherson Region, Ukraine, suffered a catastrophic breach on 6 June 2023. In response to this event, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office commissioned the UK Centre for Ecology &Hydrology and HR Wallingford to conduct a rapid (12 – 26 June 2023) remote, desk-based environmental risk assessment of the flood event and potential impacts on the surrounding environment. The main objectives of this work are: (1) to assess the flood hydrology, hydraulics and sediment transport following the dam breach; (2) to conduct a GIS-based assessment to quantify impacts across key categories (e.g. extent of protected ecosystems, potential pollution sources flooded, proportions of land-use types impacted etc.); (3) to classify hazards informing the development and application of a plausible risk assessment approach across species, habitats and river basin scales; and (4) to identify potential issues of concern that warrant further assessment beyond the timescales of this project. |
| Document Type: |
report |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://zenodo.org/records/10462809; oai:zenodo.org:10462809; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10462809 |
| DOI: |
10.5281/zenodo.10462809 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10462809; https://zenodo.org/records/10462809 |
| Rights: |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; cc-by-4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.9CCB1975 |
| Database: |
BASE |