China - 3 Gorges Dam Flashcards
Social Impacts of dam
Reduces flood risk for 15 million people - displaced around 1.1 million people - the region is amongst the most deprived in China - 1350 villages have been submerged.
Responses to social impacts
All farmers compensated 600 yuan for 20 years - if they were affected by the dams construction - those who were resettled were often on land not big enough to farm on.
Creation of niche markets - such as river cruises.
Details
On the Yangtze river - largest reservoir system in the world - HEP is the largest source of renewable energy in China.
Environmental impacts
River sediment flowing downstream was reduced by 50% from 1998-2004 will impact the source of phytoplankton in the river - will have impacts on the fish population.
Fish migration has been interrupted due to the chemical composition of water - fishing in the South China sea has also decreased.
In first 5 months 150 landslides were recorded.
