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    The document discusses the uneven impacts of globalization and how large dams are both connected to and promote globalization. Specifically, it notes that while large dams can bring development benefits like flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power, and irrigation, they also have significant environmental and social costs, including species extinction, pollution, displacement of local communities, and loss of cultural heritage. Large dams are therefore controversial, with supporters arguing they promote national development, while critics argue they unevenly impact certain groups and alternative models of development should be considered.

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    The document discusses the uneven impacts of globalization and how large dams are both connected to and promote globalization. Specifically, it notes that while large dams can bring development benefits like flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power, and irrigation, they also have significant environmental and social costs, including species extinction, pollution, displacement of local communities, and loss of cultural heritage. Large dams are therefore controversial, with supporters arguing they promote national development, while critics argue they unevenly impact certain groups and alternative models of development should be considered.

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    Asia - Dams, - DX, - Globalization

    Transféré par

    Adio Niyi
    The document discusses the uneven impacts of globalization and how large dams are both connected to and promote globalization. Specifically, it notes that while large dams can bring development benefits like flood control, navigation, hydroelectric power, and irrigation, they also have significant environmental and social costs, including species extinction, pollution, displacement of local communities, and loss of cultural heritage. Large dams are therefore controversial, with supporters arguing they promote national development, while critics argue they unevenly impact certain groups and alternative models of development should be considered.

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    Dams, Development &


    Globalization

    http://www.absolutechinatours.com/UploadFiles/ImageBase/Three-Gorges-Dam%281%29.jpg

    By 11:20 you should


    Be able to discuss the controversy around
    big dam construction, especially the Three
    Gorges in China
    Be able to explain how dams are connected
    to globalization
    The promise of large dams, particularly the
    promise to bring national development

    Tour boats on the Yangtze

    Large Dams & National Development

    Development: the improvement in the


    economic well-being and standard of
    living of people
    Figure 8.8

    National Development = (economic)


    changes that bring about better
    standards of living for the nation.

    Large Dams & Development: Flood Control

    Three Gorges Dam

    Rowntree 2013

    Large Dams & Development:


    Navigation, Shipping, & Commerce

    Responds to
    opportunities in a
    globalized economy;
    need for inexpensive
    and reliable
    transportation

    Chongqing

    Three Gorges Dam


    links up the Chinese
    interior to the rest of
    China & to the world

    Mouth of the Yangtze River

    Large Dams & Development:


    Hydroelectricity
    Chinas position in global
    economy = demand for
    power.

    Hydro-power as a green
    alternative to coal.

    Large Dams & Development:


    Hydroelectricity

    Figure 10.1.1

    Large Dams & Development: Irrigation

    Indias Sardar Sarovar Dam

    Symbolic Importance of Large Dams

    Temples of Modernity

    International Debate Over Large Dams


    Development,
    wealth and
    prosperity to
    some groups
    BUT

    Environmental
    and Social
    Legacy

    Environmental Costs of Large Dams


    Siltation

    Environmental Costs of Large Dams


    Siltation
    Pollution
    Earthquakes and
    landslides

    Environmental Costs of Large Dams

    Environmental Costs of Large Dams


    Siltation
    Pollution
    Earthquakes and
    landslides
    Yangtze (baiji) dolphin

    Threat of species
    extinction

    Large Dams & the Loss of Natural


    & Cultural Landscapes

    http://blog.yangtze-river-cruises.com/shibaozhai/

    The primary rationale for the Three Gorges


    Dam is
    A. To facilitate
    economic
    development
    B. Hydro-electricity
    generation
    C. Flood Control to
    help farmers
    D. Irrigation

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    Social Costs of Large Dams:


    Displacement

    Social Costs of Large Dams:


    Displacement

    Figure 10.1.1

    Social Costs of Large Dams:


    Displacement

    Rationale behind &


    experience of
    relocation
    Questions of
    democracy, rights,
    and sacrifice (in
    relation to national
    development)

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/11/19/world/asia/choking_on_growth_4.html#story3

    Resistance & Challenging


    Dams-as-Development: Social Movements
    Uneven Development
    Development for
    whom?
    Democratizing &
    rethinking development
    Suggesting more
    appropriate &
    sustainable alternatives

    Save the Narmada Civil Society Organization

    Things to Know
    The tensions between national
    and local in large scale
    development
    How large dams are linked to
    development and to
    globalization

    Costs and benefits of large


    dams
    How groups have challenged &
    rethought development

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