discussions concerning the development of the Bakun Dam in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. If built‚ the dam would be the largest in South-East Asia. The Bakun Dam: A Case Study indicates that generating 2400 megawatts of power‚ it would provide electricity for all of Sarawak‚ and for industries and cities in mainland Malaysia‚ through a cable under the South China Sea. At 650 kilometres‚ this would be by far the longest cable in the world. The Bakun Dam has been a highly controversial issue spanning
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A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water‚ while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations.
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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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Hoover Dam The Hoover Dam is one of America¡¦s greatest civil engineering marvels (Hernan 22) and ¡§has become a magnet to those fascinated by human ingenuity at its best¡¨ (Haussler 30). With its enormous size and construction during the Great Depression‚ it was an interesting topic to me. I would like to major in civil engineering and‚ at first‚ I was researching this topic. I was looking for salary and job descriptions. Then‚ I discovered the name John L. Savage‚ the engineer who supervised
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Advantages & Disadvantages of Three Gorges Dam Here we present the pros and cons of world famous and gigantic Three Gorges Dam project. The Three Gorges Dam is the most famous and most gigantic project of the world. But‚ everything has two sides‚ so here we present the advantages and disadvantages of China’s Three Gorges Dam‚ namely its pros and cons. Supporters say the benefits of the project far outweigh the costs. The principal advantage of the project is to generate power to keep pace with China’s
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Running Head: CONFLICT ANALYSIS: THREE GORGES DAM Three Gorges Dam Conflict: Views and Analysis Sarah F. Watson Colorado State University Abstract The Three Gorges Dam currently being built on the Yangtze River in China is forcing the resettlement of over a million people. Shipping interests‚ city dwellers‚ and the Chinese government all support the dam’s construction‚ while archeologists‚ human rights organizations‚ and those forced to resettle do not. This paper explores
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flowed a turbulent‚ dangerous river. The mountains on either side of the canyon were difficult to access with neither road nor trail‚ and their rocks were protected by neither trees nor grass from the blazing heat of the sun. The site of Boulder City was a cactus-covered waste. The transformation wrought here in these years is a twentieth-century marvel’” (Aldridge 84). These remarks by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the dedication ceremony for the Hoover Dam highlight the harsh and hostile
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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. The environment section discussed dam’s effect on river flow and
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SBREL502A Build International Business Networks TASK 1. Assignment USE A COPY OF THIS FRONTPIECE WHENEVER YOU SUBMIT AN ASSESSMENT FOR THIS UNIT STUDENT USE:STUDENT NAME: ………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………DUE DATE: ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………….SUBMISSION DATE: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. | | OFFICE USE:ASSESSMENT: COMPETENT / NOT YET COMPETENTASSESSOR COMMENTS: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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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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