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6 - The Human Cost

from Part III - A Huge Setback

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2024

Xiangli Ding
Xiangli Ding
Affiliation:
Rhode Island School of Design
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Chapter 6 examines the devastating toll that the development of the hydropower nation took on people’s lives. In Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, over 430,000 people were forced to leave their homes and communities due to the construction of the Sanmenxia Dam. This chapter focuses on the resettlement of over 7,000 residents from Henan to Gansu, revealing how the state’s pursuit of hydroelectricity not only altered the Yellow River’s physical landscape but also caused irreparable harm to the affected communities.

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reservoir migrantdisplacementresettlementGansuHenanreclamationcollectivization
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Hydropower Nation
Dams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China
 , pp. 177 - 203
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • The Human Cost
  • Xiangli Ding, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Book: Hydropower Nation
  • Online publication: 24 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009426589.010
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  • The Human Cost
  • Xiangli Ding, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Book: Hydropower Nation
  • Online publication: 24 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009426589.010
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  • The Human Cost
  • Xiangli Ding, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Book: Hydropower Nation
  • Online publication: 24 October 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009426589.010
Available formats
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