The three gorges dam project from a systems viewpoint

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 585-602

  Alberts, Henry C ^a   Alberts, Renée M ^b   Bloom, Mitchel F ^c   Diane Laflamme, A ^d   Teerikangas, Satu ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Community Services Board ^*  (United States)

^c Bloom Forecasting   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complexity and coupling; Large scale engineering projects; Systems approach; Three Gorges Dam Project; Yangtze River reservoir

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY AND COUPLING; LARGE-SCALE ENGINEERING PROJECTS; SYSTEMS APPROACH; THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT; YANGTZE RIVER RESERVOIR;

CONCRETE DAMS; CONSTRUCTION; ENGINEERS; MANAGERS; MUSEUMS; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 9944264129     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.604     Document Type: Article

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