Name: LE VAN HUNG The three Gorges Dam 1. What stakeholders have been helped by the Three Gorges Dam? What stakeholders have been hurt by it? The Three Gorges Dam provided electricity for the stakeholders‚ it was very important for the developing of china’s economic‚ where the demand for electricity was increase and increase rapidly. It also controlled the water at the safe level. Thus‚ it could reduce the flood. Furthermore‚ Hydroelectric was a safe energy for the environment‚ it
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The Three Gorges Dam‚ when completed‚ will be the largest dam ever constructed‚ spanning 2.3 kilometers and holding back more then 39 billion cubic meters of water (Three Gorges). In 2007‚ the population hit 1.3 billion. The strain on China’s resources is immense and because of this China has had to invest in many large projects throughout the country. One of its most important needs is energy. China’s power consumption in 2005 was 2.494 trillion kilowatt hours (Cunningham 327). China has built dozens
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To what extent is ‘The Three Gorges Dam’ a Sustainable way of Generating Electricity The Three Gorges Dam‚ located in central China‚ is one of most ambitious projects in terms of construction. It also has the largest capacity of reservoir that can generate twenty two thousand‚ five hundred megawatts of electricity per an hour with an efficiency rate of ninety four percent (International). There are thirty two main turbines‚ each producing seven hundred megawatts of electricity per hour‚ with two
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Research on the Three Gorges Dam Summary This report aims to investigate into the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) project in terms of its backgrounds and development. Focusing on the examination into the sustainable development of the TGD‚ this report also intends to reveal controversies facing the TGD and present cost-benefit analysis to the TGD. Introduction Water resource management has been in China’s history for thousands of years with the starting point of the Dujiang Dam‚ which is still working
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Three Gorges Dam nears completion Seth Rosenblatt © 2006 China’s three gorges Dam A mo Del of t he PAst he Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the world’s largest and most controversial hydropower project. The 660 kilometer-long reservoir displaced 1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc on the environment. The reservoir reached its final height in 2009‚ but many of its impacts are only now becoming apparent. China will deal with the project’s legacy for generations to come. Project supporters
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Communist and Post-Communist Studies 33 (2000) 223–241 www.elsevier.com/locate/postcomstud Resettlement for China’s Three Gorges Dam: socio-economic impact and institutional tensions Sukhan Jackson b a‚* ‚ Adrian Sleigh b a Department of Economics‚ University of Queensland‚ St Lucia‚ Queensland 4072‚ Australia Australian Center for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition‚ Medical School‚ University of Queensland‚ Herston‚ Queensland 4006‚ Australia Abstract Large
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Do you consider the Three Gorges Dam to have been a good thing or a bad thing - is it a success or a failure? In my opinion i believe the Three Gorges Dam is a success‚ simply because of the millions of lives it will save‚ by flood control. Having said that‚ the Three Gorges Dam does have many negative aspects. The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze river in Sandouping‚ Hubei province‚ China. It is the largest hydroelectric power station in the world. Construction began
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Three Gorges Dam case study The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze River‚ and is the worlds largest power station. As well as providing electricity‚ the dam is also being used to help increase the shipping capacity of the river‚ as well as reduce the risk of potential floods downstream by acting as a flood storage space. This major alteration is proving to have both positive and negative repercussions. How has building the dam effected local environment? Despite the Chinese
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GORGE- 1. A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine. 2. A narrow entrance into the outwork of a fortification. v shaped - River valley with a V-shaped cross-section. Such valleys are usually found near the source of a river‚ where the steeper gradient means that there is a great deal of corrasion (grinding away by rock particles) along the stream bed‚ and erosion cuts downwards more than it does sideways. However‚ a V-shaped valley may also be formed in the lower
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