The large dam dilemma [electronic resource] : an exploration of the impacts of hydro projects on people and the environment in China / Pu Wang, Shikui Dong, James Lassoie.
Wang, Pu, author.; Dong, Shikui, author.; Lassoie, J. P., author.
2014
TC558.C5
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Title The large dam dilemma [electronic resource] : an exploration of the impacts of hydro projects on people and the environment in China / Pu Wang, Shikui Dong, James Lassoie.
Author Wang, Pu, author.
ISBN 9789400776302 electronic book
9400776306 electronic book
9789400776296
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7630-2
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 99 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-94-007-7630-2 doi
Call Number TC558.C5
Dewey Decimal Classification 627/.8
Summary Large dam construction has significant environmental and social impacts at different scales. As the largest developing country in the world, China has built about half of the world's large dams, and more are expected to be built over the next two decades to meet the country's rapidly growing demand for energy. This book summarizes and updates information about the history, distribution, functions, and impacts of large dams, both globally and at China's national level. It then addresses the environmental and social-economic impacts of large dams in China with particular emphasis on the impacts of large dams on relocated people and associated compensation policies. Lastly, it introduces an integrated ecological and socio-economic study conducted in areas affected by dams along the Upper Mekong River, China.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 21, 2013).
Added Author Dong, Shikui, author.
Lassoie, J. P., author.
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Conclusions : The Future of Large Dams in China.

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