Three Gorges Project: Efforts and challenges for the environment

BJ Fu, BF Wu, YH Lü, ZH Xu, JH Cao… - Progress in …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The Three Gorges Project has been subject to intense debates regarding its benefits and
costs. The environmental impacts of this huge project have been an important focus of these …

[图书][B] Conservation tourism

R Buckley - 2010 - books.google.com
The effects of tourism on the ecology and natural environment of tourist destinations are
hotly debated and research has expanded in the field of ecotourism and sustainability. This …

Analysis of urban-rural land-use change during 1995-2006 and its policy dimensional driving forces in Chongqing, China

H Long, X Wu, W Wang, G Dong - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
This paper analyzes the urban-rural land-use change of Chongqing and its policy
dimensional driving forces from 1995 to 2006, using high-resolution Landsat TM (Thematic …

Exploring the limits and gaps of flood adaptation

JCJH Aerts, PD Bates, WJW Botzen, J de Bruijn… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Flood adaptation measures such as levees, flood-proofing structures, nature-based
solutions and flood insurance are essential to cope with the growing flood risk caused by …

Archaeology of East Asia: the rise of civilization in China, Korea and Japan

GL Barnes - 2015 - torrossa.com
Archaeology of East Asia the Rise of Civilization in China, Korea and Japan Page 1 Page 2
ARCHAEOLOGY OF EAST ASIA The Rise of Civilization in China, Korea and Japan Gina L …

Satellite-Based Methodology for Purposes of Rescue Archaeology of Cultural Heritage Threatened by Dam Construction

F Zaina, D Tapete - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The destruction of cultural heritage caused by dams represents a major issue especially in
an age of climate change and narrowly focused development policies. To counteract this …

Evaluation of land use, land management and soil conservation strategies to reduce non-point source pollution loads in the three gorges region, China

A Strehmel, B Schmalz, N Fohrer - Environmental management, 2016 - Springer
The construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China and the subsequent impoundment of
the Yangtze River have induced a major land use change in the Three Gorges Reservoir …

Monitoring the deformation and strain analysis on the Ataturk Dam, Turkey

HH Yavaşoğlu, Y Kalkan, İ Tiryakioğlu… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Every man-made structure creates certain risks—dams are no exception. Most failures in
man-made structures that have occurred could have been avoided if the structures' …

Three Gorges Project: benefits and challenges for shipping development in the upper Yangtze River

W Li, D Wang, S Yang, W Yang - International Journal of Water …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Three Gorges Project has benefited shipping development in the upper
Yangtze River by improving the waterway channel and thus increasing ship load and port …

Degradation of cultivated bench terraces in the Three Gorges Area: Field mapping and data mining

S Schönbrodt-Stitt, T Behrens, K Schmidt, X Shi… - Ecological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to resettlements, construction of new infrastructure, and new land reclamation the rapid
agricultural changes in the Three Georges Area (TGA) in Central China are expected to …