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Three Gorges project: chance and challenge.
THE THREE GORGES DAM (TGD) ACROSS THE Yangtze River is the world’s largest hydroelectric dam (1). Construction of the TGD will form many different sizes of islands, providing a golden opportunity for exploring the ways in which island ecosystems are regulated (1). However, the construction will also pose great challenges to the ecosystem of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA). It will affect...
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How,when, andwhere did complex societies first emerge in China? This question has been at the heart of archaeological research since the discipline began to develop in China in the 1920s. Scholars in the West have shown particular interest in the process by which centralized states and expansive empires emerged in the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Yellow River valley (e.g., Chang 1983b, ...
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The potential impact of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) on schistosomiasis transmission in China has invoked considerable global concern. The TGD will result in changes in the water level and silt deposition downstream, favoring the reproduction of Oncomelania snails. Combined with blockages of the Yangtze River's tributaries, these changes will increase the schistosomiasis transmission season withi...
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OBJECTIVE To define and evaluate the malaria transmission potential in the Yangtze River, following construction of the Three Gorges Reservoir. METHODS Six villages, namely, Kaixian, Fengjie, Wanzhou, Fuling, Yubei, and Zigui were selected for investigating the malaria transmission potential in the reservoir. Transmission potential was estimated by mathematical modeling and evaluation of the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1920-7336,0229-5113
DOI: 10.25071/1920-7336.21644