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Title

The river dragon has come! : the three gorges dam and the fate of China's Yangtze River and its people / [compiled by] Dai Qing ; edited by John G. Thibodeau and Philip B. Williams ; foreword by Audrey Ronning Topping ; translated by Yi Ming.

Publication

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Qing, Dai.
• Thibodeau, John, 1968-
• Williams, Philip B.
• Probe International.
• International Rivers Network.

Description

xxix, 240 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• San Xia shui li shu niu (China)
• Dams > Yangtze River Gorges
• Chinese > History > 20th century

Note

• "Probe International, International Rivers Network."
• "An East Gate book"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / John G. Thibodeau and Philip B. Williams -- Foreword: The River Dragon Has Come! / Audrey Ronning Topping -- 1. The Three Gorges Project: A Symbol of Uncontrolled Development in the Late Twentieth Century / Dai Qing -- 2. A Profile of Dams in China / Shui Fu -- 3. The World's Most Catastrophic Dam Failures: The August 1975 Collapse of the Banqiao and Shimantan Dams / Yi Si -- 4. Discussing Population Resettlement with Li Boning / Qi Ren. General Plan for Population Resettlement / Li Boning. Is Developmental Resettlement Possible? / Qi Ren -- 5. The Environmental Impacts of Resettlement in the Three Gorges Project / Chen Guojie -- 6. What Are the Three Gorges Resettlers Thinking? / Ding Qigang -- 7. A Survey of Resettlement in Badong County, Hubei Province / Ding Qigang and Zheng Jiaqin -- 8. Resettlement in the Xin'an River Power Station Project / Mou Mo and Cai Wenmei --
• 9. The Danger to Historical Relics and Cultural Antiquities in and around the Three Gorges Area: Interviews with the Director of the National History Museum of China, Yu Weichao / Dai Qing -- 10. A Lamentation for the Yellow River: The Three Gate Gorge Dam (Sanmenxia) / Shang Wei -- 11. Water Pollution in the Three Gorges Reservoir / Jin Hui -- 12. Military Perspectives on the Three Gorges Project / Da Bing -- Epilogue: The New Golden Triangle of China / Richard Hayman -- App. A. Acknowledgments from "General Plan for Population Resettlement" / Li Boning -- App. B. Sediment Problems at the Three Gorges Dam / Luna B. Leopold -- App. C. The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Southern Heritage / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson and Lawrence R. Sullivan -- App. D. Priority-Level Cultural Antiquities in the Three Gorges Area -- App. E. Archaeological Sites to Be Inundated in 1997 by the Construction of the Three Gorges Dam --
• App. F. Letter to Jiang Zemin Concerning Archaeological Sites -- App. G. Major Cities and Sites to Be Affected by the Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir.

ISBN

• 0765602059 (alk. paper)
• 0765602067 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

97023982

OCLC

ocm37277493

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries