Evaluation of the Three Gorges Dam project using multi-criteria analysis (MCA) based on a sustainable perspective

International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection 2017

能源学;生态环境科学

Han, Yue^1 ; Zheng, Wei^1 ; Guo, Junshan^1 ; Ma, Yihe^1 ; Ding, Junqi^1 ; Zhu, Lingkai^1 ; Che, Yongqiang^1 ; Zhang, Yanpeng^1

State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute, Jinan

250002, China^1

关键词: Dam projects;    Energy productions;    Hydropower projects;    Multi-criteria analysis;    Pair-wise comparison;    Potential benefits;    Sustainability criteria;    Three Gorges Dam;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052066/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052066

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The Three Gorges dam of China is one of the largest and expensive hydropower projects of the world. The four main purposes of the project are flood control,energy production, improved navigation and fresh water supply. The dam project has been completed and running successfully with the potential benefits. However, this project is still a controversial issue among many environmentalists and socialists due to various impacts. This study focuses on the benefit and the impacts of the project, and also evaluates the performance of the project using multi-criteria analysis (MCA) approach from a sustainable perspective. Different sustainability criteria related with the dam project have been identified and used for the ranking and rating process. The final result of MCA comes with this scoring process and pairwise comparison, which evaluates the performance of the project considering different positive and negative aspects.