Conference Week 8 Question: 1.What led to the traumatic events in Tiananmen Square in 1989? Why did China’s leadership react to the students as they did? How would you characterize political reform in China under Deng Xiaoping and his successors? The reasons that led to the event in Tiananmen Square in 1989 are because of the challenge of the reforms and the invasion of freedom and democracy. The event started from the death of famous Chinese governor Hu‚ Yaobang. In year 1989‚ Fang Lizhi‚
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his memory. He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India. He was the chief designer of the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad‚ as well as the chief engineer responsible for the construction of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Mysore. He is also revered a lot in the state of Karnataka. Sir MV was born in 1861 in a Telugu Brahmin family to Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry and Venkatalakshmamma in Muddenahalli village‚ 40 miles from Bangalore‚ India. Their family migrated
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floods are the floods that are caused by some significant and unexpected events‚ for instance dam breakages. Heavy rainfalls are one of the major causes of floods. The level of water in rivers or lakes rises due to heavy rainfalls. When the level of water rises above the rive banks or dams‚ the water starts overflowing‚ which causes floods. The water overflows to the areas adjoining to the rivers‚ lakes or dams‚ causing floods or deluge. The flood water causes havoc and great destruction in the areas
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The Tennessee Valley Authority Introduction The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was the first large regional planning agency created by the United States Government in May of 1933. The TVA was one of the most innovative and significant ideas of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help tackle the economic‚ social‚ and political problems in the Tennessee Valley‚ a region with no economic growth and was heavily impacted before and after the Great Depression. The TVA is a federally owned
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building dams are similar: a perceived higher priority on economic development than on environmental conservation by officials and political leaders at all levels. China’s plans to build more hydro-electric hubs have recently sparked a war of words about national priorities. Opponents claim it will tear apart the delicate social and environmental fabric with little benefit to locals‚ if there is any. They have recently circulated a petition urging the government to release studies of the dams’ environmental
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of life for many species of plants and animals‚ including humans. The major problem that humans are facing is that the population of wild salmon is dangerously low as compared to historic numbers due to over-fishing and human degradation (including dams‚ chemical pollution and land use impacts.). Pacific Salmon are now extinct in forty percent of the rivers they once thrived in (Four Fish). Zoologist George Suckley stated in 1854‚ that the Pacific coast salmon were “one of the striking wonders of
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Muscle Shoals‚ a portion of the Tennessee River‚ was part of the Tennessee River. The river was unique because it had a 130 foot drop in elevation for 30 miles. The drop in elevation made it seemingly impossible to travel upstream‚ or against the current. The drop in the elevation created rapids‚ called “shoals”. This part of the Tennessee River is where the Tennessee Valley Authority originated. The Tennessee River Valley was a very fertile place. Cotton and corn thrived growing in the river valley
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When the dam construction is finished‚ land that was once viable for farming will be submerged beneath the floodwaters. The natural pathway of the water will be destroyed and taken advantage of‚ not for local benefit‚ but for the benefit of cities far away‚ where
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grasp the gravity of the situation. From here‚ the focus moves more towards Atlanta‚ as the citizens there had the most at stake during this dispute. Next‚ a history of the dispute is outlined‚ beginning with the reasons for constructing the Buford dam‚ and continuing through last recommendations from the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The historical section provides basic facts to support the decisions made by different courts and reveals the logics of how these decisions were made. In conclusion
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A- Low generation of electricity B- Shortage of rains and water C- Corruption and ineffleiency in Wapda. D- Fewer Dams E- New Connections iii- Disadvantages A- Untold Misery B- Low production and progress C- Damage to equipments D- Thefs and robberis E- Protest and violence iv- Some Suggestions A- Construetion of new dams B- Over having of Wapda C- Use of atomic and solar energy. D- Proper use of electricity v- Conclusion: we must
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