References

General geomorphological impacts of dams

Text books:

• Bishop V and Prosser R 1995 Water Resources: Process and Management (Collins, London), pp.68-73; 102-107.

• Jones JAA 1997 Global Hydrology (Longman, Harlow), pp.281-289.

• McDonald AT and Kay D (1988) Water Resources Issues and Strategies. Longman (Harlow), ch.7, pp.171-189.

• Newson M 1997 Land, Water and Development 2nd edition (Routledge, London) pp.199-203 [pp.174-177 in 1st edition]

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Advanced texts:

• McCully P (1996) Silenced Rivers: The Ecology and Politics of Large Dams. Zed Books (London).  

• Petts GE (1984) Impounded Rivers: Perspectives for Ecological Management. Wiley (Chichester).

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Research articles:

• Chien N (1985) Changes in river regime after the construction of upstream reservoirs. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 10, 143-159.

• Gregory KJ and Park C (1974) Adjustment of river channel capacity downstream from a reservoir. Water Resources Research, 10(4), 870-873.

• Grimshaw DL and Lewin J (1980) Reservoir effects on sediment yield. Journal of Hydrology, 47, 163-171.

• Petts GE (1977) Channel response to flow regulation: the case of the River Derwent, Derbyshire. In: Gregory KJ (ed.) River Channel Changes. 145-164.  551.483 GRE

• Petts GE (1979) Complex response of river channel morphology subsequent to reservoir construction. Progress in Physical Geography, 3, 329-362.

• Petts GE (1984) Sedimentation within a regulated river. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 125-134.

• Petts GE (1986) Water quality characteristics of regulated rivers. Progress in Physical Geography, 10(4), 492-516.

• Petts GE and Lewin J (1979) Physical effects of reservoirs on river systems. In: Hollis GE (ed.) Man's Impact on the Hydrological Cycle in the United Kingdom. GeoBooks, ch.8.

• Pickup G (1980) Hydrologic and sediment modelling studies in the environmental impact assessment of a major tropical dam project. Earth Surface Processes, 5, 61-75.

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Three Gorges Dam:

• Anderson I (1999) Troubled waters. New Scientist, 17 July 1999, p.14.

• Fearnside PM (1988) China’s Three Gorges dam: ‘Fatal’ project or step towards modernization? World Development, 16(5), 615-630.

• Jhaveri N (1988) The Three Gorges debacle. Ecologist, 2-3, 56-63.

• Marks G (1999) Before the flood. Wanderlust, 35, Aug/Sept 99, pp.31-36.

• Pearce F (1992) The Dammed: Rivers, Dams and the Coming World Crisis. The Bodley Head (London), ch.20, pp.235-241.

• Qing D (1994) Yangtze! Yangtze! Earthscan (London).

• Salazar JG (2000) Damming the child of the ocean: The Three Gorges Project. Journal of Environment and Development, 9(2), 160-174.

• Sutton A (2004) The Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River in China. Geography, 89(2), 111-126.Thibodeau JG and Williams PB (eds.) (1998) The River Dragon Has Come! ME Sharpe (New York).

• Winchester S (1996) The River at the Centre of the World. Penguin (London) ch.9, A new great wall, pp.220-262.

• Zich A (1997) China's Three Gorges: Before the flood. National Geographic, 192(3), 4-33.

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Other resources:

• Synopsis

• Three Gorges Dam - A Review

• Worksheet 1 - Introductory Questions

• Worksheet 2 - Advanced Questions

• Worksheet 3 - Role-play Game

• Worksheet 4 - Classroom Debate

• Notes for Teachers

• Further Reading

• Web Links

Adapted from:

• RiversWEB: www.smuc.ac.uk/RiversWEB/index.html

• Simm DJ (2002) Using the internet as a teaching tool: Three Gorges Dam, China. Teaching Geography, 27(2), 82-86.

© British Society for Geomorphology (Education and Outreach). Author: Dave Simm, Bath Spa University College (2004).