Reasons to Build the Dam

Reasons to build the Dam:-the roads, bridges, and tunnels being built because of the dam make it easier to navigate around the parts of China that the dam affects(177)-it will greatly promote the development of Chinas national economy-embodies the great industrious and dauntless spirit of the Chinese people for new horizons and a better future in the course of their reform and opening up (178)-people in the city will be better off-necessary to bring economic development-a big lake will be more beautiful, and once-inaccessible spots will become easy-to-reach tourist destinations on newly created rivers (179)-taller ships will be able to pass through once the Wuhan Bridge is altered and 10,000 ton vessels will be able to sail through -generates 50% more power than the worlds largest dam (Itaipu Dam in Paraguay)-the most effective method of energy transportation and flood control along the Yangtze (181)-jump starts economy in one of the countrys poorest regions-improves transportation to the interior of China-provides 10% of Chinas total electrical power supply-potentially decrease the death toll due to flooding along the Yangtze-if successful, the dam will produce enough clean energy (equivalent to burning 55 million tons of coal a year) to reduce emission rates of carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide, pollutants that contribute greatly to Chinas terrible air quality and to climate changes (188)-people being displaced get to live in brand new housing units-hope for better schools, new businesses, and outside investment (192)-a program is set up in hopes that by integrating rural migrants into an overall program of economic development, the results will be less economically and socially traumatic (198)-attempt to make the transition easier-the dam is a kind of central piece of an overall economic revitalization program, combining the creation of an infrastructure with modern roads and communication, outside investment, and the establishment of new townships and modern enterprises with improvements in education and training that will allow peasants to move into sideline industries and off-farm jobs-government policy has been to give peasants somewhat more say in where they go