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Title:

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

Publisher:

M.E. Sharpe,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xxix, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

San hsia shui li shu niu (China)
Dams--Yangtze River Gorges.--Yangtze River Gorges.
Chinese--History--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

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

Notes:

"Probe International, International Rivers Network." "An East Gate book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

What are the Three Gorges resettlers thinking? / Ding Qigang. Profile of dams in China / Shui Fu -- World's most catastrophic dam failures: the August 1975 collapse of the Banqiao and Shimantan Dams / Yi Si -- Discussing population resettlement with Li Boning / Qi Ren -- General Plan for populaiton resettlement / Li Boning -- Is developmental resettlement possible? / Qi Ren -- Environmental impacts of resettlement in the Three Gorges project / Chen Guojie -- What are the Three Gorges resettlers thinking? / Ding Qigang.
Military perspecitves on the Three Gorges project / Da Bing. Resettlement in the Xin'an River Power Station project / Mou Mo and Cai Wenmei -- 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 -- Lamentation for the Yellow River: the Three Gate Gorge Dam (Sanmenxia) / Shang Wei -- Water pollution in the Three Gorges Reservoir / Jin Hui -- Military perspecitves on the Three Gorges project / Da Bing.
Appendi x E: Archaeological sites to be unundated in 1997 by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. Elizabeth Childs-Johnson and Lawrence R. Sullivan -- Appendix A: Acknowledgments from "General Plan for Population Resettlement" / Li Boning -- Appendix B: Sediment problems at the Three Gorges Dam / Luna B. Leopold -- Appendix C: Three Gorges Dam and the fate of China's southern heritage / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson and Lawrence R. Sullivan -- Appendix D: Priority-level cultural antiquities in the Three Gorges area -- Appendi x E: Archaeological sites to be unundated in 1997 by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
Appendix G: Major cities and sites to be affected by the Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir. Appendix G: Major cities and sites to be affected by the Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir.

ISBN:

9780765602053 (alk. paper)
0765602059 (alk. paper)
9780765602060
0765602067

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37277493

LCCN:

97023982

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)