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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1. Introduction The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River will probably be finished by 2009 and will be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. Being the present manager and being appointed by the government at the feasibility stage I am asked to write a report in order to outline the activities required to successfully manage this major project and to ensure that it is completed on time and within budget. This report will be divided into six parts beginning with an introduction and ending
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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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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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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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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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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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