China Three Gorges Project

The lower inflation rate in China since 1994 has allowed the cost to be reduced from 203.9 billion Yuan to about 180 billion Yuan or US 25 billion (China Three Gorges Project Corporation, 2006, 2007). This cost is expected to be recovered when the electricity output reaches 1000 TWh at a selling price of 250 billion Yuan ( US 30 billion), estimated to occur in about 10 years after the dam reaches full operation in 2011 (China Culture Mall Trading Group, Inc., 2007). 

Presumably when the debts are paid off, the Three Gorges Dam Project will generate funds that can be used by the China Three Gorges Project Corporation for new projects or to reduce energy costs in China. 

China Three Gorges Project Corporation. (2003). The Three Gorges Dam. Retrieved January 21st and 25th, from http //www.ctgcp..com.cn/sx/sxgczds.php mClassld=015004 [in Chinese]. 

Source Statistics of urban and rural resetdement by 2005. Available on the official website of the China Three Gorges Project Corporation, http //www.ctgpc.com.cn/sx/news.php mNewsID=20920... 

Uniaxial compressive creep tests were carried out for granite sampled from Three Gorges Project (TGP) site in China at seven temperatures from 20°C to 300°C in order to determine the parameters C , Ci, Cr and Cj in eq. (25). The curves of creep compliance vs. time in logarithmic coordinates... 

Sheng, Q., Yue, Z.Q., Lee, C.F, et al. 2002. Estimating the excavation disturbed zone in the permanent shiplock slopes of the Three Gorges Project, China. International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Sciences 39 165-184. 

Heggelund, G. (2004). Environment and resettlement politics in China The three Gorges project. Aldershot Ashgate. 

Fig. 91.1 The Three Gorges reservoir area. Note Source Adapted from the Resettlement Bureau of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee (TGPCC) of the State Coundl, China Resettlement Planning Map of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, 1997. A shows the two sections that comprise the Three Gorges reservoir area is the Chongqing section and Hubei section. B illustrates the sites of cities and counties before and after inundation in the reservoir area...

Changjiang Water and Resources Commission (CWRC). (1993). Initial design of the Three Gorges Project Survey report on the indices of flooding. Prepared by the Changjiang Water and Resources Commission, Wuhan, China (in Chinese). 

Jackson, S., and Sleigh, A. (2000) Resettlement for China s Three Gorges Project Socio-economic Impact and Institutional Tensions. Communist and Post-Communist Studies 33 223-41. 

The largest concrete construction project in the world is the Three Gorges Dam in China. How mnch concrete is used in this project ... 

The Three Gorges Dam project in China displaced 1.4 million people. 

Megaengineering projects conjure up images of the Hoover Dam, between Arizona and Nevada, or the Three Gorges Dam in China. It is easy to imagine these projects. You can look at a picture and understand what they are and get a sense of their scale. They were built in a single place over a relatively short time. The upper Mississippi River navigation system defies this simple image. 

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