The Korean Journal of Ecology

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Landscape Ecological Changes of Large Dams and Reservoir in China

  • Lu, Jianbo (Agro-Ecology Institute, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Zhao, Xingzheng (Agro-Ecology Institute, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University) ;
  • Ding, Lizhong (Agro-Ecology Institute, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University)
  • Published : 2004.02.01
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Abstract

Dams are distributed widely in all over the world. China is one of the countries which have the most dams in the world. The construction of dams promotes consumedly to the development of economy and society, at the same time, brings many ecological and social problems. In China, the landscape ecological changes are caused by the construction of dams. These changes are long term or short term, and some of these changes are positive, others are negative. Solving these issues need do a lot of circumspect work in location choosing, planning and designing, practicing and protection of the up reservoir basin and the whole basin and so on. The construction of dams should be implemented by reasonable landscape planning, ecological environment protection in order to realize sustainable development.

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