To what extent is the Three Gorges Dam sustainable? The Three Gorges Dam was built in 2011 on the Yangtze River in an area called Chongqing. It was built to prevent flooding of main industrial areas in China following the major flood in 1998 of the river. The dam is 1.4 miles long and is able to produce 18‚000 MW of electricity. Sustainability is when environment‚ society and economy are all stable and balanced‚ so that progress can be made. The Three Gorges Dam has had a big impact on these areas
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Analysis for the Three Gorges Dam William Zhi Introduction The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) and associated infrastructure is the largest integrated water project built in the history of the world. It has also been one of the most controversial due to its massive environmental‚ economic‚ and social impacts. Private costs: * Construction costs of the power station and transmission facilities --64.613 billion Yuan up to 2006 (source: "International Water Power and Dam Construction".
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Although the Three Gorges Dam is somewhat a burden on the Chinese people‚ there are many advantages in constructing the Three Gorges Dam‚ and among them are flood control‚ power generation‚ improved shipping conditions and tourism attractions. The dam will control flooding because; the capacity of Three Gorges Dam flood control reservoir is about 22.15 billion cubic meters‚ which can control the upstream flood efficiently. Even in dire flood situations‚ the dam can automatically control the flow
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Economic Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam Due to its enormous scale‚ the Three Gorges project is quite interesting in terms of economic impact‚ even despite the lack of data and evidence (due to the fact that the project has yet to be one-hundred percent completed) to back up these hypotheses. There were many positive and negative impacts predicted‚ most of which are beginning to emerge today‚ and all of which are closely linked to the social and environmental impacts discussed earlier. Construction
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The Three Gorges Dam: Enviornmentally Ruining China? Source: http://faculty.washington.edu/nemati/3gorges/ By: Jonathan Folsom World Issues April 22nd‚ 2014 Introduction/Background In the aftermath of Mao Zedong‚ China was viewed as a powerless and developing nation. In 2009‚ the Chinese executed the record-breaking world’s largest engineering and hydropower project on the Yangtze River.1 This 23 billion (US) dollar project is known as the Three Gorges Dam.2 The dam stands at 607 feet
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Ambassador Yang Jiechi‚ I strongly think that you would not benefit from the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. I think this for three reasons. If the dam breaks‚ your people will be in unimaginable danger‚ you will suffer food shortages‚ and historical sites will be lost. The reasons not to build the dam far outweigh the reasons to build it. I hope you will listen to what I have to say. One reason why the dam shouldn’t be built is that if it breaks‚ the effects will be devastating. People for miles
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The Itaipu Dam (Guarani: Itaipu‚ Portuguese: Itaipu‚ Spanish: Itaipú; Portuguese pronunciation: [itɐjˈpu]‚ locally: [ita.iˈpu]‚ Spanish pronunciation: [itaiˈpu]) is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the Guaraní language‚ Itaipu means "the sounding stone". The dam is the largest operating hydroelectric facility in terms of annual energy generation‚ generating
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ABSTRACT The main objective of this essay was to evaluate the impact of dams on the economic‚ social and environmental contexts. The idea was to analyse the dam’s major impact on each of these aspects. In the economic background‚ the benefits that hydroelectric dams provide were discussed in addition to the dam’s economic role in agriculture and food supply. Next‚ social impacts of dams were assessed which were mostly negative that dealt with population displacement and cultural sites destruction
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Magat Dam Magat Dam in Ramon‚ Isabela used to be the largest dam in the Philippines back when it was built in 1983. The controversial San Roque Dam (featured previously) has since eclipsed it in both structural and reservoir size in 2004. Magat Dam generates 360 megawatts of electricity (with a water head of 81 meters high) and supplies irrigation water for approximately 85‚000 hectares of farmland in Isabela and surrounding areas. The dam was constructed at a cost of 6.5 billion pesos and consists
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Hydroelectric Dams Introduction In this Alternative Energy Project you are going to read about Hydroelectric Dams‚ and learn how Hydroelectric Dams work. You will also be reading the disadvantages and advantages of hydroelectric dams‚ and more. How does Hydroelectric Dams work? Hydroelectric Dams works by letting the energy of the water flow turn into an electric voltage. Then water goes through a series of turbines‚ then the water makes the turbines turn‚ and then it creates electricity
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