Abbasi Naseer Ahmed, Xu Xiangzhou, Lucas-Borja Manuel Esteban, Dang Weiqin, Liu Bin
School of Hydraulic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
School of Hydraulic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Sci Total Environ. 2019 Aug 1;676:683-691. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.249. Epub 2019 Apr 17.
Check dams are widespread and effective soil and water conservation structures throughout the world. This review paper presents an overview of the use of check dams for soil and water management and runoff control with examples from the literature based on field measurements from four continents. More than 150years of research has reported that check dams are civil engineering landmark structures used all over the world. Among all civil engineering structures, check dams are probably the most emblematic of torrent control works. They were used for centuries, and are located all around the world. Over the past several hundred years, people have increasingly realized the envisioned advantages of check dams such as land development, environmental improvement, agricultural production, enhancement of gully stabilities, and mitigation of intensive flood. The optimum size, location and type had great influences on the efficiency of check dams under watershed management. Moreover, in both the theoretical and practical realms, check dams have been proved to be a useful tool for controlling soil erosion and flooding at a catchment scale. This paper will be helpful for policy makers to extend check dam projects in the whole erosion-prone areas.
谷坊是世界各地广泛使用且有效的水土保持工程设施。本文通过引用来自四大洲实地测量的文献实例，概述了谷坊在水土管理和径流控制方面的应用。超过150年的研究表明，谷坊是世界各地使用的土木工程标志性结构。在所有土木工程结构中，谷坊可能是洪流控制工程中最具代表性的。它们已经使用了几个世纪，遍布世界各地。在过去的几百年里，人们越来越意识到谷坊所带来的预期优势，如土地开发、环境改善、农业生产、增强沟壑稳定性以及减轻洪水强度等。在流域管理中，谷坊的最佳尺寸、位置和类型对其效率有很大影响。此外，在理论和实践领域，谷坊都已被证明是在集水区尺度上控制土壤侵蚀和洪水的有效工具。本文将有助于政策制定者在整个易侵蚀地区推广谷坊项目。
