Three Gorges Project: Efforts and challenges for the environment

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 741-754

  Fu, Bo Jie ^a   Wu, Bing Fang ^a   Lü, Yi He ^a   Xu, Zhi Hong ^b   Cao, Jing Hua ^a   Niu, Dong ^a   Yang, Gui Shan ^a   Zhou, Yue Min ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; conservation; environmental impact assessment; sustainable development; Three Gorges Dam; water resources

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM;

EID: 78650247318     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133310370286     Document Type: Article

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