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11 Cards in this Set
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Location
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Central China Yangtze River (China's longest river, 3rd longest in world) |
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Yangtze River
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Location of world's biggest and most controversial HEP scheme 400 million people live within the Yangtze drainage basin (1 in 3 Chinese) |
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Economic Benefits
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Provide demanded for electricity Less threat on economic growth (10% per year) Provides 18,200 MW of HEP when fully operational (20% of all HEP in China and 4% of all energy) Generate up to $65billion in additional industrial activity |
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Social Benefits
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Create millions of new jobs Improve navigation on river |
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Flood Control Benefits
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Reduce risk of flooding in lower Yangtze valley 660km long reservoir can store floodwaters for 100 years Protect 15 million people and 1.5 hectares of farmland |
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Sustainability And Climate Change
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HEP is clean and renewable If other energy supplies were used they would pollute the world |
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Resettlement Of Indigenous People
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Reservoir created will flood an area of 1045km2 Including 300km2 farmland More than 1.2million people displaced and forcibly resettled People deeply unhappy and believe it violates their human rights Inadequate compensation |
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Worlds largest what?
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Worlds largest hydropower project
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what did id flood? |
13 cities 140 towns 1350 villages |
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how much did it cost?
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$25bn
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what was it approved & constructed?
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approved in 1992 construction began in 1994 |
