Download or read book A Case Study of the Resettlement Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam written by Jodie Brown and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book WATER RESOURCES MGMT SUSTAIN written by 羅秀華 and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Water Resources Management and Sustainable Development: a Case Study of the Three Gorges Dam Project at Yangtze River" by 羅秀華, Sau-wah, Kitty, Law, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of Dissertation titled Water Resources Management and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of the Three Gorges Dam Project at Yangtze River submitted by Law Sau Wah, Kitty for the Degree of Master of Arts at The University of Hong Kong in 2003 The present study is a small effort in the direction of linking water resources management (WRM), sustainable development (SD) and reservoir resettlement. It seeks to examine the achievement of China in promoting SD of reservoir resettlers, and add a previously neglected focus on social equity and development, particularly through the case study of the Three Gorges Dam Project (TGP). This study would also explore strategic policy options to WRM and development planning especially in dealing with the question of intragenerational fairness. The TGP will relocate over 1.13 million people within the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) or outside to eleven coastal provinces. The TGP resettlement project suffers from inherent institutional, regulatory and financing problems. The developmental resettlement policy of the TGP has limited success in achieving development with resettlement due to poor social impact assessment, weak appraisal system, deliberate underestimation of resettlement scope and tight schedule. Cost- overruns, insecure financial sources and wide-spread funds embezzlement also make the plan fail to adequately compensate for the losses of the TGP resettlers. The results of the SD assessment of the TGP resettlers can be summarised as follows: (1) the social equity of the TGP resettlers is undermined rather than promoted because of declining employment opportunities, income inequality, poor benefit sharing, lack of local participation in decision-making processes and problems of social integration; (2) many of the TGP resettlers encountered high economic pressure after relocation for the sake of the restoration or betterment of housing condition; and (3) the educational opportunities generally increase after relocation, but access is not sustainable. If we assume that assets are not fully substitutable, the development capacity and opportunity of the TGP resettlers have been undermined because of the project as the gains in human-made capital assets cannot compensate for the losses in social, human and knowledge assets. The TGP resettlement project cannot achieve 'strong sustainability' as the social dimensions of SD are ignored. To conclude, the current dam practices and resettlement policies in China should be revisited. It is recommended that the principles of SD should be fully incorporated into the planning of water project resettlement schemes. Participatory approach should be adopted in all decision-making processes with the sufficient provision of relevant information. Finally, poverty alleviation should be the core subject of WRM and resettlement projects in addition to SD. DOI: 10.5353/th_b2682754 Subjects: Water resources development - China

Download or read book Megaproject written by Shiu-hung Luk and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1993 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Review of the Work during the Early Stages of the Three Gorges Project -- 2. The Features of the Three Gorges Reservoir -- 3. Comprehensive Assessment of the Ecological and Environmental Impact of the Three Gorges Project -- 4. The Three Gorges Project Should Not Go Ahead in the Short Term -- 5. Some Aspects of Sedimentation at the Three Gorges Project -- 6. The Flood Prevention Function of the Three Gorges Project-Disadvantages Outweigh Advantages

Download or read book Resettlement in the Three Gorges Project written by Yan Tan and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the factors influencing the sustainability of the Three Gorges rural resettlement, and the problems and coping strategies of the relocation programme implemented over the period 2000-04.

Download or read book The Risks and Reconstruction Model for Resettling Displaced Populations written by Michael M. Cernea and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The World s Water 2008 2009 written by Peter H. Gleick and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced biennially, The World’s Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water. The 2008-2009 volume features overview chapters on: • water and climate change • water in China • status of the Millennium Development Goals for water • peak water • efficient urban water use • business reporting on water This new volume contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water, as well as brief reviews of issues regarding desalination, the Salton Sea, and the Three Gorges Dam. From the world’s leading authority on water issues, The World’s Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It is an essential reference for water resource professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.

Download or read book Risks and Reconstruction written by Michael M. Cernea and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a multidimensional comparative analysis of two large groups of the world's displaced populations : resettlers uprooted by development and refugees fleeing military conflicts or natural calamities. The authors explore common central issues: the condition of being "displaced," the risks of impoverishment and destitu-tion, the rights and entitlements of those uprooted, and, most important, the means of reconstruction of their livelihoods. (Adapté de l'Introduction).

Download or read book Environment and Resettlement Politics in China written by Gørild Heggelund and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Three Gorges dam, currently being constructed on the Yantgze River in China, is controversial both inside and outside China, particularly because of the large number of people to be resettled (officially 1.2 million) and the environmental impacts. Using material previously unavailable in any Western language, it analyses the Chinese discussions over policy-making for the resettlement process and impacts. It concludes that the environment and resettlement policies have been linked in a new way in this project. However, despite these positive developments, it argues that the social impacts from resettlement have not yet reached a high level of political attention and that the Chinese authorities need to acknowledge that resettlement has social costs. The book provides an understanding of the social, political and economic factors of one of the largest and most controversial development projects currently being implemented. It also sheds light on China's policy-making procedures and political priorities over the past decade.

Download or read book Global Implications of Development Disasters and Climate Change written by Susanna Price and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Displacements in the Asia Pacific region are escalating. The region has for decades experienced more than half of the world’s natural disasters and, in recent years, a disproportionately high share of extreme weather-related disasters, which displaced 19 million people in 2013 alone. This volume offers an innovative and thought-provoking Asia-Pacific perspective on an intensifying global problem: the forced displacement of people from their land, homes, and livelihoods due to development, disasters and environmental change. This book draws together theoretical and multidisciplinary perspectives with diverse case studies from around the region – including China’s Three Gorges Reservoir, Japan’s Fukushima disaster, and the Pacific’s Banaba resettlement. Focusing on responses to displacement in the context of power asymmetries and questions of the public interest, the book highlights shared experiences of displacement, seeking new approaches and solutions that have potential global application. This book shows how displaced peoples respond to interlinked impacts that unravel their social fabric and productive bases, whether through sporadic protest, organised campaigns, empowered mobility or; even community-based negotiation of resettlement solutions. . The volume will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students in development studies, environmental and climate change studies, anthropology, sociology, human geography, international law and human rights.

Download or read book Reservoir Sedimentation written by G.W. Annandale and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on reservoir sedimentation in recent years has been aimed mainly at water resources projects in developing countries. These countries, especially in Africa, often have to cope with long droughts, flash floods and severe erosion problems. Large reservoir capacities are required to capture water provided by flash floods so as to ensure the supply of water in periods of drought. The problem arising however is that these floods, due to their tremendous stream power, carry enormous volumes of sediment which, due to the size of reservoirs, are virtually deposited in toto in the reservoir basin, leading to fast deterioration of a costly investment. Accurate forecasting of reservoir behaviour is therefore of the utmost importance.This book fills a gap in current literature by providing in one volume comprehensive coverage of techniques required to practically investigate the effects sediment deposition in reservoirs has on the viability of water resources projects. Current techniques for practically estimating sediment yield from catchments, estimating the volume of sediment expected to deposit in reservoirs, predicting sediment distribution and calculating scour downstream of reservoirs are evaluated and presented. The liberal use of diagrams and graphs to explain the various techniques enhances understanding and makes practical application simple. A major feature of the book is the application of stream power theory to explain the process of reservoir sedimentation and to develop four new methods for predicting sediment distribution in reservoirs.The book is primarily directed at practising engineers involved in the planning and design of water resources projects and at post-graduate students interested in this field of study.

Download or read book The River Dragon Has Come written by Dai Qing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ongoing courageous struggle of a relatively small group of Chinese to prevent the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Dai Qing is the outspoken leader whose eloquent voice is always heard despite threats and intimidation by the Chinese authorities to silence it. Dai Qing, an investigative journalist and author with a wide audience in China and abroad, compiled this book of essays and field reports assessing the impact of the Three Gorges megadam now under construction at Sandouping in China's Hubei province at great risk to her own freedom. This book is an effort to prevent history from repeating itself ten-fold (a reference to the great floods in 1975 during which over 60 dams collapsed and at least 100,000 people lost their lives) if the 39 billion cubic metres of water in the Three Gorges reservoir ever escapes by natural or man-made catastrophes. These comprehensive essays reveal the deep rooted problems presented by the Three Gorges project that the government is attempting to disguise or suppress. The main concerns are population resettlement and human rights, the irreversible environmental and economic impact, the loss of cultural antiquities and historical sites, military considerations, and hidden dam disasters from the past. Opponents of the dam are attempting to kill the project or at least reduce the size of the megadam now planned to be the biggest, most expensive and, incidentally, the most hazardous of all hydro-electric projects on this planet.

Download or read book Living in Flux written by Wen Qu and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Living in Flux: New Model for Dam Resettlement in China" by Wen, Qu, 屈雯, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Because of dam construction, currently there are 25,000,000 migrants in China, and until 2020, Chinese government will be built as much as 9 Three Gorges dams, but the resettlement compensation was never satisfied migrants benefit over the past 50 years. My thesis is looks at this particular phenomenon and proposed new resettlement model for the future that is to take advantages of water level change in the specific area and create new resettlement policy as an opportunity to change people's life. Through Chinese resettlement history and case study to understand the resettlement situation in China. Choice a future dam location, to solve the problems, at first, I try to redesign dam but it maybe not the best way, then I focus on the drawdown zone which is one of the most important issues of dam construction, I want to take advantage of water level change to think new resettlement model. The strategy was considered about the effect in social, cultural, economic and ecological ways. Respect the original environment and creates a new resettlement model. My project goal is to contribute to reduce settlement, minimize erosion, make a productive drawdown zone but still keep the reservoir capacity, the method is to balance cut and fill land. To achieve this, I analyze the typology in the site, the first type is rural area and another is city area, I take different strategy for different category, the design method is use the water level change and land available time to utilize the land in range. he main strategy is: built a road following the high water level as a structure to reorganize resettlement around road, then manipulate topography to reserved villages and vegetation in range, also plant with fluctuation add new activities make a more productive drawdown zone, create wetland system for water treatment. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5325313 Subjects: Land settlement - China

Download or read book Yangtze Yangtze written by Qing Dai and published by London ;$aToronto : Earthscan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement in Vietnam written by Nguyen Quy Nghi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the complex legal, cultural, economic and human rights issues associated with development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) in Vietnam. As in many parts of the world, urban expansion and large-scale infrastructure projects in Vietnam often rely on forced land acquisition, which can result in the involuntary resettlement of households and entire communities. This book examines the adequacy of monetary and in-kind compensation and the support that resettlees need for successful integration into host communities and for sustainable livelihoods and improved well-being. It presents new paradigms and practices that place affected households at the centre of project planning and implementation to fully address the needs of the most vulnerable. This includes women, the elderly, and ethnic minority groups. Bringing together research evidence, practical experience, and insights of distinguished researchers, this book is the first to systematically examine DIDR in Vietnam, a single-party state seeking to balance state interests with the demands of investors and civil society for human rights and participation by affected people. Combining the latest evidence and research findings on development-induced displacement and resettlement in Vietnam with practical experiences in project implementation, this book will be a useful guide for researchers across development, migration, and Southeast Asian Studies, as well as practitioners and policy makers. Its lessons will also be relevant to other countries facing rapid development.

Download or read book Proceedings of the 27th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate written by Jing Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 1833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of CRIOCM 2022 (27th International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate), sharing the latest developments in real estate and construction management around the globe. The conference was organized by the Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) working in close collaboration with The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Written by international academics and professionals, the book discusses the latest achievements, research findings, and advances in frontier disciplines in the field of construction management and real estate. Covering a wide range of topics, including spatial planning and land use innovation, integration and application of BIM and GIS, low-carbon built environment, post-pandemic resilient cities development, housing and social governance, real estate market and urban policy, real estate finance and economics, intelligent construction and smart city, built environment for healthy living, and construction management in the post-COVID-19 era, the discussions provide valuable insights into the implementation of advanced construction project management and real estate market in China and abroad. The book offers an outstanding resource for academics and professionals

Download or read book Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate written by K. W. Chau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 1500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of CRIOCM_2016, 21st International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, sharing the latest developments in real estate and construction management around the globe. The conference was organized by the Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) working in close collaboration with the University of Hong Kong. Written by international academics and professionals, the proceedings discuss the latest achievements, research findings and advances in frontier disciplines in the field of construction management and real estate. Covering a wide range of topics, including building information modelling, big data, geographic information systems, housing policies, management of infrastructure projects, occupational health and safety, real estate finance and economics, urban planning, and sustainability, the discussions provide valuable insights into the implementation of advanced construction project management and the real estate market in China and abroad. The book is an outstanding reference resource for academics and professionals alike.

Download or read book Promoting sustainable local economic development initiatives written by Marius Venter and published by AOSIS. This book was released on with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book endeavours to outline case studies that promote sustainable Local Economic Development (LED) initiatives. It is generally believed that local governments are the foot soldiers of LED. However, this seems to be a myth, as local governments in South Africa and elsewhere have not yet fulfilled this mandate and have been struggling for several years to implement LED initiatives. The distinctive merit of this book lies in the way it combines the South African context with the wider international development context in ways that there is a flow of information and ideas both ways. The book is an essential part of this sequence of ideas development and action at a critical time for strategic action directed at a sustainable future. It showcases case studies and responses to the impacts of globalisation as a bridge between urban/rural and institutional action and reveals avenues for local government leadership in communities, research, student engagement and wider interactions.