Acronyms
Foreword Ⅰ
Foreword Ⅱ
Preface and Acknowledgements
Special Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Part One Review and Assessment
Chapter 1 Review of Conservation and Development
1.1 History of Conservation and Development
1.2 Achievements and Experiences
1.3 Problems and Challenges
Chapter 2 Assessment of Basin Development
2.1 Economic Development
2.2 Social Development
2.3 Resources Utilization
2.4 Environment Protection
2.5 Capacity of Sustainable Development
Chapter 3 Evaluation of Yangtze River Health
3.1 Evaluation of Health Status
3.2 Objectives and Tasks
3.3 Evaluation of Yangtze River Health
Part Two Critical Issues and Analysis
Chapter 4 Water Pollution
4.1 Water Pollution Situation and Trend
4.2 Causes of Water Pollution
4.3 Recommendations
Chapter 5 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation
5.1 Status and Problems of Soil Erosion
5.2 Sediment
5.3 Recommendations
Chapter 6 Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation
6.1 Characteristics, Functions and Problems
6.2 Conservation of Yangtze Freshwater Dolphin
6.3 Conservation of Rare and Endemic Fishes
6.4 Conservation of Main Commercial Fishes
Chapter 7 Waterway Utilization and Development
7.1 "Golden Waterway" and Its Status
7.2 Issues in "Golden waterway" Utilization
7.3 Strategy of Rational Utilization of "Golden Waterway"
Chapter 8 Climate Change and Floods
8.1 Historical Climate Change and Floods
8.2 Climatic and Hydrological variation over the Past 50 Years
8.3 Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Flood
Chapter 9 Hydropower Development in the Upper Yangtze
9.1 Hydropower Resources and Its Utilization
9.2 Problems with Hydropower Development
9.3 Recommendations
Chapter 10 Flood Risk of Middle Yangtze and Its Control with TGP
10.1 Flood Risk of the Middle Yangtze
10.2 Changes of Water-Sediment Relationship and Their Impacts on Waterway Erosion
10.3 and Their Impacts on Flood Control and Their Impacts on Flood Cor
10.4 Recommendations
Chapter 11 Ecology and Environment Problems in Three Gorges Reservoir Region
11.1 Water Pollution and Control
11.2 Biodiversity Conservation
11.3 Geo-Hazards and Control
Chapter 12 Water Quality Protection in Water-taking Areas of the Middle Route Scheme of South-North Water Diversion Project
12.1 Current Status of Water Quality
12.2 Issues and Challenges
12.3 Countermeasures
Chapter 13 Disconnection of River and lakes in the Middle and Iower Yangtze River
13.1 Status and Impacts of River-Lake Disconnection
13.2 Demonstration and Practice of River-Lake Reconnection
13.3 Recommendations
Part Three Case Studies of the Dongting Lake
Chapter 14 Evolution of the Dongting Lake and Its Impacts
14. 1 Reclamation and Sedimentation
14. 2 Changes of River System Layout and Lake Basin
14. 3 Lake Changes and Countermeasures
Chapter 15 Wetlands Protection in the Dongting Lake
15.1 Wetlands Ecological Function and Service
15.2 Wetland Degradation and Cause
15.3 Progress of Wetlands Conservation and Recommendations
Chapter 16 Integrated Management of the Dongting Lake
16.1 Status of Integrated Lake Management
16.2 Main Tasks of Integrated Lake Management
16.3 Recommendations
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