Megaproject

This volume translates crucial Chinese documents on a debate currently raging in China on a proposed project that has enormous implications for its environmental, economic, and social impact - the Three Gorges (Sanxia) Project on the Yangtze River. The most massive water resource project ever planned in China and one of the largest in the world, the Three Gorges Project would cost $1.1 billion to build, would necessitate the relocation of 1.1 million people, would flood a 375-mile-long area and thus destroy some of China's - indeed the world's - most beautiful scenery, and would threaten the extinction of a rare river porpoise. The editors seek to place the arguments in a clear and scholarly perspective that helps to make this book a valuable source of information. Introduction, Shiu-hung Luk, Joseph Whitney; Chapter 1 A Review of the Work during the Early Stages of the Three Gorges Project, Hong Qingyu; Chapter 2 The Features of the Three Gorges Reservoir, Tao Jingliang; Chapter 3 Comprehensive Assessment of the Ecological and Environmental Impact of the Three Gorges Project, Wang Chaojun; Chapter 4 The Three Gorges Project Should Not Go Ahead in the Short Term; Chapter 5 Some Aspects of Sedimentation at the Three Gorges Project, Qian Ning, Zhang Ren, Chen Zhicong; Chapter 6 The Flood Prevention Function of the Three Gorges Project'”Disadvantages Outweigh Advantages, Fang Zongdai; Chapter 7 Resettlement Problem of the Three Gorges Project, Fang Zongdai, Wang Shouzhong; Chapter 8 Population Resettlement and Economic Development in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Tian Fang, Lin Fatang; Chapter 9 How Much Investment Is Required by the Three Gorges Project?, Wang Jiazhu; Chapter 10 Assessing the Three Gorges Project from Three Macrostrategic Aspects, Tian Fang, Lin Fatang, Ling Chunxi;