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Sustainable Development and Optimal Resource
Allocation in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of China
Principal Investigator:
Chau, Kwai Cheong
Lin, Hui
Co-investigator(s):
Fung, Tung
Lam, Kin Che
Leung, Yee
Huang, Shida
Tang, Wing Shing
Summary:
The hailed benefits of the Three Gorges Project of China, which
will take 18 years to complete, include flood control, generation
of hydroelectric power and navigation improvement for the Changjiang
(Yangtze) Basin. Though extensive analyses have been carried out
on the technical aspects of the project, comprehensive study of
management and resource allocation associated with the project has
not been attempted. In the present study, geographic information
system (GIS) will be used and supplemented with field investigation
to achieve the following specific objectives:
- to develop an optimal multi-stage resettlement plan compatible
with the process of dam construction and land submergence in the
Three Gorges Region (TGR);
- to formulate an optimal multi-stage land use plan for the effective
and efficient allocation of land resources for the development
of various economic activities in the TGR; and
- to develop a multi-stage environmental conservation plan for
the TGR.
This will enable policy makers to optimize, in stages, resources
allocation in resettlement, land use and environmental conservation
all of which are crucial to long-term sustainable development of
the TGR otherwise the present impoverished environment and vicious
circle of poverty will persist forever.
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