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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 47088 (09)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Civil Engeeniring
  6. Advisor(s): Alvanchi, Amin
  7. Abstract:
  8. Limited water resources in Iran have made dams an important part of the country’s infrastructure. As a result of the large number of in-progress and expected dam projects in the country, consideration of sustainability factors during planning, construction and operation phases of dam projects can create significant economical, social and environmental impacts in the long term. To come up with an inclusive sustainable development, new sustainability assessment approaches seek for sustainable development at the entire project’s life-cycle; they are looking for sustainable development at all design, construction, operation, maintenance and even demolition phases. In this research we have adopted a life cycle sustainable development approach for assessing dam projects sustainability. We have narrowed down our efforts to three main sustainability factors including CO2 production, energy consumption and project’s financial result; formulas developed for sustainability assessment calculations are just based on these three factors. Reviewing number of different types of dams (including in-study, in-construction and in-operation dams) led us to choose Earth Embankment Dams because, within the country, %80 (or 1033) are earth embankment dams. Furthermore, we compared the two principal types of them which are earth and rock-fill dams. In this cycle we used different methods and tools such as simulation in the construction phase to assess our three main sustainability factors. Although in this research our focus is on earth embankment dams, the approach adopted here can be applied for sustainability assessment of other types of dams, as well
  9. Keywords:
  10. Sustainable Development ; Infrastructure ; Dams ; Construction Management ; Life Cycle Model

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