Author: Dai Qing
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315502755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
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.
The River Dragon Has Come!
Author: Dai Qing
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315502755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315502755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
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.
The River Dragon Has Come!
Author: Dai Qing
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315502763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315502763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
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.
The River Dragon Has Come!
Author: Dai Qing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781315502779
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781315502779
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Dam Nation
Author: Laura Allen
Publisher: Soft Skull
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"Part radical history of water, part DIY guide to sustainable technologies. DAM NATION brings together an analysis of water's history with the active fight for its future."--Back cover
Publisher: Soft Skull
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"Part radical history of water, part DIY guide to sustainable technologies. DAM NATION brings together an analysis of water's history with the active fight for its future."--Back cover
International Journal
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Epworth Era
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Chinese Sociology and Anthropology
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Vol. 1- includes Glossary of sociological and anthropological terms.
Publisher:
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Vol. 1- includes Glossary of sociological and anthropological terms.
River Dragon
Author: Diane Carr
Publisher: Jawbone Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9781590940242
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Fantasy based on the dragon statue that used to stand at the southernmost tip of Merritt Island, Fla. CD contains both the story and a song.
Publisher: Jawbone Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9781590940242
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Fantasy based on the dragon statue that used to stand at the southernmost tip of Merritt Island, Fla. CD contains both the story and a song.
The River Dragon
Author: Darcy Pattison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780831730710
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780831730710
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Education about Asia
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description