Book contents
- Hydropower Nation
- Studies in Environment and History
- Hydropower Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Starting from Scratch
- Part II The Socialist Boost
- Part III A Huge Setback
- 5 Silt and Hydroelectricity
- 6 The Human Cost
- 7 The Environmental Saga
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series
5 - Silt and Hydroelectricity
from Part III - A Huge Setback
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2024
- Hydropower Nation
- Studies in Environment and History
- Hydropower Nation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Starting from Scratch
- Part II The Socialist Boost
- Part III A Huge Setback
- 5 Silt and Hydroelectricity
- 6 The Human Cost
- 7 The Environmental Saga
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Books in the Series
Summary
Chapter 5 describes the planning, design, and construction of the Sanmenxia Hydropower Project in the 1950s and the early 1960s. Building on David Pietz’s analysis of the Soviet influence on the general plan for the Yellow River, this chapter examines the negotiations that took place between Soviet experts, their Chinese counterparts, and local stakeholders during the process of designing the Sanmenxia Dam. While the Communist Party proclaimed in 1957 that the primary purpose of the project was flood control, it is clear from the sources examined in this chapter that the generation of hydroelectricity was the principal element of the dam’s design.
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- Hydropower NationDams, Energy, and Political Changes in Twentieth-Century China, pp. 149 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024