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The Three Gorges Project in Figures

open access: yesChinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment, 1992
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The Three Gorges Dam: an ecological perspective

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2004
The Three Gorges Dam in China is the largest dam ever built. Its impacts on the biodiversity and ecological processes in the region are causing concern to ecologists worldwide. The dam and associated environmental alterations may result in a number of regional changes in terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, as well as in ecosystem structure and ...
Jiang, M.X.   +8 more
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Temperature changes in Three Gorges Reservoir Area and linkage with Three Gorges Project

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2017
AbstractThe Three Gorges Project (TGP) is one of the largest hydroelectric projects throughout the world. It has brought many benefits to the society but also led to endless debates about its environmental and climatic impacts. Monitoring the spatiotemporal variations of temperature in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) is important for ...
Zhen Song   +5 more
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The Three Gorges Dam

2011
In their ambitious book Empires of Food, authors Evan D.G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas take on a huge topic: the cause-and-effect relationship between food systems, societies and governments or, as they phrase it in the book's subtitle, "feast, famine and the rise and fall of civilizations." This is historical context as well as advice for college students,
Durwood, Tom   +2 more
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Three Gorges Dam Migration

Art Journal, 2010
Yun-Fei Ji's scroll Three Gorges Dam Migration (2009) is that rare thing, a contemporary artwork that one feels immediately and confidently inclined to call a masterpiece. The scroll's monumental scale—thirty-two feet long, printed from five hundred wooden blocks—matches the enormous historical, political, and human dimensions of its subject, the Three
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PAH distribution and mass fluxes in the Three Gorges Reservoir after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam

Science of The Total Environment, 2014
Mass fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were calculated for the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) in China, based on concentration and discharge data from the Yangtze River. Virtual Organisms (VOs) have been applied during four campaigns in 2008, 2009 (twice) and 2011 at sampling sites distributed from Chongqing to Maoping. The total PAH mass
Dominik, Deyerling   +7 more
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Three Gorges Seismological Network: Monitoring Seismicity at the Three Gorges Reservoir Forebay

Seismological Research Letters
Abstract In this study, we report on a nodal seismic deployment targeting the forebay area of the Three Gorges Reservoir. This deployment aimed to enhance the detection of microearthquakes and refine the imaging of subsurface geological structures.
Fang Chen   +4 more
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The Three Gorges Project: How sustainable?

Journal of Hydrology, 2012
Summary In 1984 the Government of China approved the decision to construct the Three Gorges Dam Project, the largest project since the Great Wall. The project had many barriers to overcome, and the decision was made at a time when sustainability was a relatively unknown concept.
Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan   +2 more
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China's Superdam: The Three Gorges Project

Environmental Politics, 1995
Yangtze! Yangtze! edited by Dai Qing; English edition edited by Patricia Adams and John Thibodeau. London: Earthscan Publications, 1994. Pp.xxvii + 295; index. £12.95 (paperback). ISBN 1–85383 187 5 Damming the Three Gorges: What Dam Builders Don't Want You to Know edited by Margaret Barber and Grainne Ryder. London: Earthscan Publications, 1994.
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