DOCSLIB.ORG

Gansu Heihe Hydropower Development Project

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Environmental Assessment Report Summary Environmental Impact Assessment Project Number: 39652 April 2006 People’s Republic of China: Gansu Heihe Hydropower Development Project Prepared by the Government of Gansu Province for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The summary environmental impact assessment is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 28 February 2006) Currency Unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.124 $1.00 = CNY8.083 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank EIA – environmental impact assessment EMP – environmental management plan EMU – environment management unit EPB – environmental protection bureau GEPRI – Gansu Environmental Protection Research Institute GFB – Gansu Financial Bureau HHC – Heihe Hydropower Company HPP – hydropower plant PPTA – project preparatory technical assistance PRC – People’s Republic of China QNNR – Qilianshan National Natural Reserve SEIA – summary environmental impact assessment ZEMS – Zhangye Environmental Monitoring Station WEIGHTS AND MEASURES C – celsius ha – hectare kg – kilogram km – kilometer kV – kilovolt kWh – kilowatt-hour m – meter m3 – cubic meter m3/s – cubic meter per second mm – millimeter MW – megawatt S – second t – ton NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. CONTENTS Page MAPS I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 1 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2 A. Physical Environment 2 B. Biological Environment 6 C. Sociocultural Environment 9 IV. ALTERNATIVES 10 V. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES 11 A. Soil 11 B. Water 11 C. Air Quality 12 D. Noise 12 E. Solid Waste 12 F. Flora and Fauna 13 G. Access Roads and Transmission Lines 14 H. Sociocultural Environment 14 I. Induced Impacts 15 J. Cumulative Impacts 15 VI. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT 17 A. Environmental Costs 17 B. Environmental Benefits 17 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN 18 VIII. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 19 A. Stakeholder Consultation before the Environmental Impact Assessment 19 B. Stakeholder Consultation after the Environmental Impact Assessment 21 IX. CONCLUSION 22 APPENDIX Summary Environmental Management Plan 23 96 o 00'E 106 o 00'E MONGOLIA GANSU HEIHE HYDROPOWER X I N J I A N G U Y G U R DEVELOPMENT PROJECT A U TO N O M O U S R E G I O N IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA I N N E R M O N G O L I A N o o 40 00'N Jinta 40 00'N Dunhuang Jiayuguan 0 50 100 150 200 Jiuquan Yumen Gaotai Kilometers Linze Zhangye . R e Minqin ih e H Jinchang Minle Wuwei ERLONGSHAN HYDROPOWER PROJECT Gulang N I N G X I A Jingtai Huan Xian Tianzhu Zangzu Zizhixian Baiyin Jingyuan Xifeng Q I N G H A I LANZHOU Pingliang Provincial Capital Dingxi City/Town Linxia National Road Other Road Zhang Xian S H A A N X I Railway Linlan Tianshui River Provincial Boundary Cheng Xian o 34 o 00'N International Boundary 34 00'N Boundaries are not necessarily authoritative. Wudu 0 6 M - 0 S I C H U A N 7 0 a 3 p a H o o 96 00'E 106 00'E 1 R o 98 00'E 102 o 00'E Jiayuguan Jiuquan I N N E R M O N G O L I A N Gaotai Jingtieshan 0 10 20 40 60 Linze Kilometers o o 39 00'N 39 00'N Zhangye . Sunan Yugurzu R he Zizhixian ei H Bajiaowan Shandan Huazhai ERLONGSHAN Anyang Minqin Jinchang HYDROPOWER Sidalong PROJECT Mati Minle Yongchang GANSU HEIHE HYDROPOWER Xincheng DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Wuwei IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Q I N G H A I Huangcheng o Core Zone o 37 30'N Gulang 37 30'N Experimental Zone City/Prefecture Government Tianzhu Zangzu County Seat Zizhixian National Road Other Road Railway River Buffer Zone County Boundary Prefecture Boundary Provincial Boundary 0 3 Boundaries are not necessarily authoritative. M - 0 7 a 0 3 p b H o o 98 00'E 102 00'E 2 R GANSU HEIHE HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Distribution of Construction Sites of Erlongshan Hydropower Project IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Proposed Hydropower Project Future Hydropower Project r ive Operational Hydropower Project R ihe Under Construction Hydropower Project He Village Road Longshou No. 1 Hydropower Project Tunnel River/Creek Longshou No. 2 Hydropower Project Xiaogushan Hydropower Plant Bajiaowan Village Xiaogushan Dam Louzhuangzi Village Dagushan Hydropower Plant ully G Dagushan Dam ou X g i an l g i ng Erlongshan Hydropower Plant u ha s C h No. 1 Waste Rock Site u i C Duantougou Borrow Pit r k e ree e g C k don No. 2 Waste Rock Site lao H He eih Liushuyuan Borrow Pit e R iv Erlongshan Dyke Head Facilities er hou Ck. Sandaowan Hydropower Plant Huama Sandaowan Hydropower Dam ek re C ng Jiadaogou Hydropower Project lo da Si Huangzangsi N Hydropower Project 0 0 6 M 3 - - 0 0 7 7 Note: Not to scale a 0 0 3 p 3 c c H H 3 R R I. INTRODUCTION 1. This summary environmental impact assessment (SEIA) summarizes the assessment of environmental issues relating to the Erlongshan Hydropower Project (Project), located on Heihe River in Gansu Province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The SEIA was prepared in accordance with the Environmental Assessment Guidelines (2003) and Environment Policy (2002) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Project is classified as category A in accordance with ADB environmental classification criteria. The total cost of the Project is $44 million. ADB is considering providing financing of $22 million; the PRC Government $22 million. The Project is anticipated to take 3 years to complete. 2. The SEIA is based on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report, October 2004 for the Project, which was prepared by the Gansu Provincial Environment Protection Research Institute in parallel with the feasibility study conducted by the Gansu Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey Design Institute. The SEIA is also based on the Gansu Middle Sized Hydropower Development Planning Report, 1991, prepared by the former Northwest Hydropower Design Institute, and the Heihe River (Huangzangsi to Dagushan) Cascade Development Report, 2004 prepared by the Gansu Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey Design Institute. In October 2004, the Gansu Provincial Environment Protection Bureau (EPB) reviewed and approved the EIA. The Zhangye Erlongshan Water and Soil Conservation Report, 2004, was prepared by the Gansu Water and Soil Control Station and approved by the Gansu Water Conservation Bureau in November 2004. As the total installed capacity of the Project is less than 100 megawatts (MW), provincial approval of the EIA report is sufficient. State Environmental Protection Administration approval is not required for the Project. 3. The Project is located in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, PRC, which has a relatively high poverty rate of 29.3%. For several years, Zhangye has experienced electricity shortages due to low installed generation capacity and high transmission losses resulting in unreliable and low quality service (low end voltage electricity). The frequent interruptions of electricity supply have been a major factor inhibiting the city’s economic development. Given the projected demand growth, the power shortages are expected to become more acute. The Project is seen by the local and provincial governments as vital to accelerate Zhangye’s economic development. The area is relatively rich in hydropower resources. ADB has previously supported development of the regional hydropower capacity in Zhangye through the Gansu Clean Energy Development Project (Loan 2032) in 2003 which included construction of a 98 MW hydropower plant (HPP) on Heihe River at Xiaogushan, approximately 27 kilometers (km) downstream from the Erlongshan HPP Project site. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 4. The proposed Erlongshan Hydropower Project consists of a 50.5 MW run-of-the-river hydropower facility (2x20 MW and 1x10.5 MW units). The Project is located within Sunan County in Zhangye City. The project location is presented in map 1 and map 2. The Project will provide base-load electric power generation with annual electricity generation of 174 million kilowatt-hours (kWh). No dam construction or impounded water reservoirs are associated with the Project. The Project will redivert the discharge from the Sandaowan HPP directly to the Erlongshan intake structure. The Project will occupy 24.86 hectares (ha) of land, including 9.13 ha of permanently occupied land and 15.73 ha of temporarily occupied land. The Project will reduce water flow from a 10.3 km stretch of Heihe River. The Project will include construction of the following: 2 (i) a 110 kilovolt (kV) substation, (ii) a 4.7 km water intake tunnel (6-meter [m] diameter) with maximum flow capacity of 98 cubic meters/second (m3/s), (iii) temporary workers’ accommodation, (iv) permanent office and residential building, (v) two waste rock areas, (vi) two borrow pits, (vii) water intake structure, (viii) open water intake canal (217 m), (ix) water discharge canal (70 m), (x) front pool (10–22 m wide and 45 m long), (xi) pressure regulation shaft (15 m in diameter), and (xii) pressured water channel (303 m). 5. Additionally, the Project will use 38.6 km of 110 kV transmission line commencing at the Erlongshan HPP and terminating at Dayimalong Substation (330 kV), and 31 km of a single dead-end access road. The transmission line and the access road are joint-use facilities for the existing and proposed Heihe River HPPs and have already been constructed. 6. The Gansu Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey Design Institute prepared the Heihe River (Huangzangsi to Dagushan) Cascade Development Report, 2004 to manage hydropower development in the Heihe River basin.
Recommended publications
  • Out of the Ord Ary Tours for Everyone

    Out of the Ord Ary Tours for Everyone

    Explore Asia 2017 - 2018 Out of the ordary Tours for everyone Great Outdoors · Local Customs · Charming Hospitality · Traditional Cooking · Stimulating Art · Intriguing Architecture 2 map asia & content Beijing 1 The Bayan Atu Eco Trail >> pages 4–5 Zhangye 6 CHINA 2 The Colours of Mekong Culture Mekong (Lancang) River >> pages 6–7 3 The Banyuwangi Explorer >> pages 8–9 MYANMAR 4 The Magic of Southern Laos Bagan philippine sea >> pages 10–11 LAOS 8 5 LuangPrabang Hanoi 5 Community-Based Tourism at Loei 2 Tamarind Lake Village Yangon 4 >> pages 12–13 THAILAND Pakse 7 vietnam Bangkok 6 The Brilliance of Danxia Siem Reap south Geographic Park china CAMBODIA sea >> pages 14–15 Ho Chi Minh City 7 Glamping in the Lost City of Mahendraparvata >> pages 16–17 MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA 8 The Secrets of Ha Giang Kuching 1 >> page 18–19 indian ocean INDONESIA INDONESIA Jakarta 3 Banyuwangi introduction 3 OUT OF THE OR DINA RY TOURS FOR EV ERYONE Our programmes take individuals and small groups in an exciting new travel direction and provide unique, out of the ordinary experiences. Our guests can achieve a truly authentic and sustainable travel experience in the great, wide outdoors. We cater for those with a passion for indigenous customs and culture; charming hospitality; flavoursome and traditional cooking; stimulating ethnic art; and intriguing architecture. come explore with us. 4 malaysia • 2017 - 2018 The Bayan Atu Eco Trail Highlights › Set foot into unchartered rainforest territory within easy distance of Kuching › Hike to amazing waterfalls through lush jungles directed by expert local guides › Kayak to hidden off-the-beaten track beauty spots Hidden deep in the Malaysian state day 1, Kuching – Bengoh Dam dip in one of these pools.
  • 2.20 Gansu Province

    2.20 Gansu Province

    2.20 Gansu Province Gansu Provincial Prison Enterprise Group, affiliated with Gansu Provincial Prison Administration Bureau,1 has 18 prison enterprises Legal representative of the prison company: Liu Yan, general manager of Gansu Prison Enterprise Group2 His official positions in the prison system: Deputy director of Gansu Provincial Prison Administration Bureau No. Company Name of the Legal Person Legal Registered Business Scope Company Notes on the Prison Name Prison, to which and representative/ Title Capital Address the Company Shareholder(s) Belongs 1 Gansu Gansu Provincial Gansu Liu Yan 803 million Wholesale and retail of machinery 222 Jingning The Gansu Provincial Prison Provincial Prison Provincial Deputy director of yuan and equipment (excluding sedans), Road, Administration Bureau is Gansu Province’s Prison Administration Prison Gansu Provincial building materials, chemical Chengguan functional department that manages the Enterprise Bureau Administration Prison products, agricultural and sideline District, prisons in the entire province. It is in charge Group Bureau Administration products (excluding grain Lanzhou City of the works of these prisons. It is at the Bureau; general wholesale); wholesale and retail of deputy department level, and is managed by manager of Gansu daily necessities the Justice Department of Gansu Province.4 Prison Enterprise Group3 2 Gansu Dingxi Prison of Gansu Qiao Zhanying 16 million Manufacturing and sale of high-rise 1 Jiaoyu Dingxi Prison of Gansu Province6 was Dingqi Gansu Province Provincial Member of the yuan and long-span buildings, bridges, Avenue, established in May 1952. Its original name Steel Prison Communist Party marine engineering steel structures, An’ding was the Gansu Provincial Fourth Labor Structure Enterprise Committee and large boiler steel frames, District, Dingxi Reform Detachment.
  • Annex I Supplementary Information of 2018 UNCCD Reporting, China

    Annex I Supplementary Information of 2018 UNCCD Reporting, China

    Annex I Supplementary Information of 2018 UNCCD Reporting, China SO4 Voluntary targets .............................................................................................................................. 2 SO 5-1 – Table1 ........................................................................................................................................ 3 SO 5-2 - Table 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 5 SO 5-3 - Table 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 12 SO 5-4 - Table 1 ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Implementation Framework - Table 1 .................................................................................................... 19 SO4 Voluntary targets Objectives Year Level applied Forest coverage rate By 2020 National Forest stock volume By 2020 National Area of new desertified land to be controlled By 2020 National SO 5-1 – Table1 Unit:RMB 10,000 Name or content of assistance program 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source of information Assisting Republic of Mongolia in building three 5 5 5 5 5 CMA sandstorm observatories Sino-Arab League cooperative research on 289 CAS desertification control technology China-Kazakhstan cooperative research on ecological barrier construction technology of 120 CAS emerging cities
  • 2. Ethnic Minority Policy

    2. Ethnic Minority Policy

    Public Disclosure Authorized ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE WORLD BANK FUNDED Public Disclosure Authorized GANSU INTEGRATED RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION TOWN PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized GANSU PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFORM COMMISSION Public Disclosure Authorized LANZHOU , G ANSU i NOV . 2011 ii CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................ ................................ 1.1 B ACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF PREPARATION .......................................................................1 1.2 K EY POINTS OF THIS EMDP ..........................................................................................................2 1.3 P REPARATION METHOD AND PROCESS ..........................................................................................3 2. ETHNIC MINORITY POLICY................................................................ .......................... 2.1 A PPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ...........................................................................................5 2.1.1 State level .............................................................................................................................5 2.1.2 Gansu Province ...................................................................................................................5 2.1.3 Zhangye Municipality ..........................................................................................................6 2.1.4 Baiyin City .............................................................................................................................6
  • Evaluation of Green Development Efficiency of the Major Cities In

    Evaluation of Green Development Efficiency of the Major Cities In

    sustainability Article Evaluation of Green Development Efficiency of the Major Cities in Gansu Province, China Rongrong Liu 1,* , Dong Chen 2, Suchang Yang 1 and Yang Chen 3 1 School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; [email protected] 2 Economic Management College of Agriculture and Forestry, Lanzhou University of Finance and Economics, Lanzhou 730101, China; [email protected] 3 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Green development (GD) has become a new model of sustainable development across the world. However, our knowledge of green development efficiency (GDE) in Gansu province is poor. In remedy, this study, based on the panel data of 12 major cities in Gansu from 2010 to 2017, employed the super-efficient Slack-based measure (SBM) to analyze and evaluate GDE from the input–output perspective. Furthermore, we analyzed the input redundancy and output deficiency of identified inefficient cities in 2017 and conducted spatial autocorrelation analysis of GDE of the cities under study. Results show differences in the GDE of the major cities in Gansu, with an average value of 0.985. Green development efficiency in Lanzhou, Qingyang, Jinchang, Jiuquan, and Tianshui was relatively higher than in other cities. Green development efficiency in Zhangye, Wuwei, Jiayuguan, Baiyin, Dingxi, Longnan, and Longnan was less than one due to their redundant labor and capital input and excessive pollutant emission output. The overall GDE in Gansu depicts “high east and low west” zones. Each city in Gansu needs to formulate targeted policies and regulations to improve Citation: Liu, R.; Chen, D.; Yang, S.; resource utilization, innovation capacity, reduce pollutant emission, optimize the industrial structure, Chen, Y.
  • The First Record of Freshwater Plesiosaurian from the Middle

    The First Record of Freshwater Plesiosaurian from the Middle

    Gao et al. Journal of Palaeogeography (2019) 8:27 https://doi.org/10.1186/s42501-019-0043-5 Journal of Palaeogeography ORIGINALARTICLE Open Access The first record of freshwater plesiosaurian from the Middle Jurassic of Gansu, NW China, with its implications to the local palaeobiogeography Ting Gao, Da-Qing Li* , Long-Feng Li and Jing-Tao Yang Abstract Plesiosaurs are one of the common groups of aquatic reptiles in the Mesozoic, which mainly lived in marine environments. Freshwater plesiosaurs are rare in the world, especially from the Jurassic. The present paper reports the first freshwater plesiosaur, represented by four isolated teeth from the Middle Jurassic fluviolacustrine strata of Qingtujing area, Jinchang City, Gansu Province, Northwest China. These teeth are considered to come from one individual. The comparative analysis of the corresponding relationship between the body and tooth sizes of the known freshwater plesiosaur shows that Jinchang teeth represent a small-sized plesiosaurian. Based on the adaptive radiation of plesiosaurs and the palaeobiogeographical context, we propose a scenario of a river leading to the Meso-Tethys in the Late Middle Jurassic in Jinchang area, which may have provided a channel for the seasonal migration of plesiosaurs. Keywords: Freshwater plesiosaur, Middle Jurassic, Jinchang, Gansu Province, Palaeobiogeography 1 Introduction Warren 1980;Satoetal.2003; Kear 2012). Up to now, Plesiosaurs are one of the most familiar groups of Mesozoic the taxonomic affinities of most freshwater plesio- marine reptiles, which mainly lived in marine environ- saurs have remained unclear; some of them are re- ments. The records of plesiosaurs in non-marine deposits ferred to Plesiosauroidea (Cruickshank and Fordyce are sparse in comparison to those from marine sediments.
  • Global Map of Irrigation Areas CHINA

    Global Map of Irrigation Areas CHINA

    Global Map of Irrigation Areas CHINA Area equipped for irrigation (ha) Area actually irrigated Province total with groundwater with surface water (ha) Anhui 3 369 860 337 346 3 032 514 2 309 259 Beijing 367 870 204 428 163 442 352 387 Chongqing 618 090 30 618 060 432 520 Fujian 1 005 000 16 021 988 979 938 174 Gansu 1 355 480 180 090 1 175 390 1 153 139 Guangdong 2 230 740 28 106 2 202 634 2 042 344 Guangxi 1 532 220 13 156 1 519 064 1 208 323 Guizhou 711 920 2 009 709 911 515 049 Hainan 250 600 2 349 248 251 189 232 Hebei 4 885 720 4 143 367 742 353 4 475 046 Heilongjiang 2 400 060 1 599 131 800 929 2 003 129 Henan 4 941 210 3 422 622 1 518 588 3 862 567 Hong Kong 2 000 0 2 000 800 Hubei 2 457 630 51 049 2 406 581 2 082 525 Hunan 2 761 660 0 2 761 660 2 598 439 Inner Mongolia 3 332 520 2 150 064 1 182 456 2 842 223 Jiangsu 4 020 100 119 982 3 900 118 3 487 628 Jiangxi 1 883 720 14 688 1 869 032 1 818 684 Jilin 1 636 370 751 990 884 380 1 066 337 Liaoning 1 715 390 783 750 931 640 1 385 872 Ningxia 497 220 33 538 463 682 497 220 Qinghai 371 170 5 212 365 958 301 560 Shaanxi 1 443 620 488 895 954 725 1 211 648 Shandong 5 360 090 2 581 448 2 778 642 4 485 538 Shanghai 308 340 0 308 340 308 340 Shanxi 1 283 460 611 084 672 376 1 017 422 Sichuan 2 607 420 13 291 2 594 129 2 140 680 Tianjin 393 010 134 743 258 267 321 932 Tibet 306 980 7 055 299 925 289 908 Xinjiang 4 776 980 924 366 3 852 614 4 629 141 Yunnan 1 561 190 11 635 1 549 555 1 328 186 Zhejiang 1 512 300 27 297 1 485 003 1 463 653 China total 61 899 940 18 658 742 43 241 198 52
  • Gansu Internet-Plus Agriculture Development Project

    Gansu Internet-Plus Agriculture Development Project

    Gansu Internet-Plus Agriculture Development Project (RRP PRC 50393) Project Administration Manual Project Number: 50393-002 Loan Number: LXXXX September 2019 People’s Republic of China: Gansu Internet-Plus Agriculture Development Project ii ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank COL – collective-owned land CNY – Chinese Yuan EMP – environmental management plan FSR – feasibility study report FY – Fiscal year GAP – gender action plan GPG – Gansu Provincial Government GRM – grievance redress mechanism GSSMCU – Gansu Supply and Marketing Cooperatives Union ICT – information and communication technology IEE – Initial Environmental Examination IOT – internet-of-things LIBOR – London interbank offered rate LURT – land use rights transfer mu – Chinese unit of measurement (1 mu = 666.67 square meters or 0.067 hectares) OCB – open competitive bidding PFD – Provincial Finance Department PIU – project implementation unit PMO – project management office PPE – participating private enterprise PPMS – project performance management system PRC – People’s Republic of China SDAP – social development action plan SOE – state-owned enterprise SOL – state-owned land TA – Technical assistance iii CONTENTS I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1 A. Rationale 1 B. Impact and Outcome 3 C. Outputs 3 II. IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 9 A. Project Readiness Activities 9 B. Overall Project Implementation Plan 10 III. PROJECT MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS 12 A. Project Implementation Organizations: Roles and Responsibilities 12 B. Key Persons Involved in Implementation 14 C. Project Organization Structure 16 IV. COSTS AND FINANCING 17 A. Cost Estimates Preparation and Revisions 17 B. Key Assumptions 17 C. Detailed Cost Estimates by Expenditure Category 18 D. Allocation and Withdrawal of Loan Proceeds 20 E. Detailed Cost Estimates by Financier 21 F. Detailed Cost Estimates by Outputs and/or Components 23 G.
  • Pdf | 615.25 Kb

    Pdf | 615.25 Kb

    Emergency Plan of Action Final Report China: Floods DREF operation Operation n° MDRCN006 Date of Issue: 15 February 2019 Glide number: TC-2018-000110-CHN Date of disaster: 7 July 2018 Operation start date: 15 July 2018 Operation end date: 15 November 2018 Host National Society: Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) Operation budget: CHF 381,563 Number of people affected: 1,381,000 Number of people assisted: 27,800 persons 1 N° of National Societies involved in the operation: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) N° of other partner organizations involved in the operation: National Disaster Reduction Commission, Ministry of Emergency Management of People Republic of China A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster Heavy and continuous rainfall on 7 July 2018 caused flooding in most parts of Sichuan and the southeast region of Gansu Province. In some areas of North Central Sichuan, there were heavy rainstorms and torrential rains for four consecutive days. These were also compounded by the effects of two weather systems in the area; Typhoon Prapiroon, and Typhoon Maria. According to reports from National Disaster Reduction Commission, as of 13 July 2018, the floods affected 1,381,000 people, where 3 persons died; 222,000 had taken emergency resettlement; 22,000 needed emergency relief in Sichuan prefectures of Deyang, Mianyang, Guangyuan (that includes 15 cities and 70 counties); more than 900 houses collapsed, and 29,000 houses damaged. A total of 36,900 hectares of crops were also affected by the flood. The direct economic loss was estimated to be over 5.3 billion Yuan (approximately CHF 792 million).
  • Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Achievement of Equitable Quality Basic Education in Gansu Province, Northwest China

    Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Achievement of Equitable Quality Basic Education in Gansu Province, Northwest China

    sustainability Article Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Achievement of Equitable Quality Basic Education in Gansu Province, Northwest China Huane Duan 1, Haowen Yan 2,*, Yi He 1 and Xuemei Li 2 1 Faculty of Geomatics, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China; [email protected] (H.D.); [email protected] (Y.H.) 2 Gansu Provincial Engineering Laboratory for National Geographic State Monitoring, Lanzhou 730070, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: This paper holds that educational research, at a local scale, is more meaningful than that at a macro-scale. To analyze the achievements of basic education at a local scale in Gansu Province, Northwest China, an index system, and an educational development index (EDI), were designed and implemented. The results show that the distribution of basic education schools is more suitable for meeting the needs of the population distribution compared to the years prior to 2013. Improvement in resource allocation in the province since 2013 has provided better educational conditions. However, educational equality between urban and rural areas has changed differently at provincial, prefectural, and county scales. The EDI scores reveal that most prefectures and counties are at medium- or low-quality levels of equality, with remote mountainous prefectures and counties even falling into the ultra-low-quality category of inequality. Educational inequality, quality of teachers, and deficiencies in educational investments are the major restrictions on basic education Citation: Duan, H.; Yan, H.; He, Y.; development in Gansu Province. Li, X. Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Achievement of Equitable Quality Keywords: spatiotemporal analysis; equitable quality education; basic education; policy objective; Basic Education in Gansu Province, educational development index Northwest China.
  • A Study of PM2.5 and PM10 Concentrations in the Atmosphere of Large Cities in Gansu Province, China, in Summer Period

    A Study of PM2.5 and PM10 Concentrations in the Atmosphere of Large Cities in Gansu Province, China, in Summer Period

    A study of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in the atmosphere of large cities in Gansu Province, China, in summer period Mikalai Filonchyk1,∗, Haowen Yan2, Shuwen Yang2 and Volha Hurynovich1 1School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China. 2Department of GIS, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China. ∗Corresponding author. e-mail: fi[email protected] Due to rapid economic growth of the country in the last 25 years, particulate matter (PM) has become a topic of great interest in China. The rapid development of industry has led to an increase in the haze created by pollution, as well as by high levels of urbanization. In 2012, the Chinese National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) imposed ‘more strict’ regulation on the PM concentrations, i.e., 35 and 3 70 μg/m for annual PM2.5 and PM10 in average, respectively (Grade-II, GB3095-2012). The Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to determine the linear relationship of pollution between pollution levels and weather conditions as well as the temporal and spatial variability among neighbouring cities. The goal of this paper was to investigate hourly mass concentration of PM2.5 and PM10 from June 1 to August 31, 2015 collected in the 11 largest cities of Gansu Province. This study has shown that the overall 3 average concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10 in the study area were 26 and 66 μg/m .InPM2.5 episode 3 days (when concentration was more than 75 μg/m for 24 hrs), the average concentrations of PM2.5 was 2–3 times higher as compared to non-episode days.
  • Research on Resource Curse Effect of Resource-Dependent Cities: Case Study of Qingyang, Jinchang and Baiyin in China

    Research on Resource Curse Effect of Resource-Dependent Cities: Case Study of Qingyang, Jinchang and Baiyin in China

    sustainability Article Research on Resource Curse Effect of Resource-Dependent Cities: Case Study of Qingyang, Jinchang and Baiyin in China Chenyu Lu 1,*, Dai Wang 1, Peng Meng 1, Jiaqi Yang 1, Min Pang 1 and Li Wang 2,* 1 College of Geography and Environmental Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China; [email protected] (D.W.); [email protected] (P.M.); [email protected] (J.Y.); [email protected] (M.P.) 2 School of Economics and Management, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China * Correspondence: [email protected] (C.L.); [email protected] (L.W.) Received: 8 December 2018; Accepted: 17 December 2018; Published: 24 December 2018 Abstract: For a specific small-scale region with abundant resources, its copious resources tend to dictate the basic direction of its development, and may subsequently give rise to an industrial structure centered on the advantageous resources. This can give rise to an economic structure that lacks diversity, causing the economic development in the entire local region to fall into the dilemma of the resource curse. The present study conducts a case study from the perspective of small-scale regions, incorporating various types of resource-dependent cities in China, including Qingyang, Jinchang, and Baiyin, to interpret and analyze the resource curse effect by calculating a resource curse coefficient. Moreover, based on the regression model, the present study further discusses the empirical relations associated with the resource curse phenomenon. The results show that, regardless of whether a resource-dependent city is in the early, intermediate or late stage of its resource development, economic development is always plagued by the resource curse effect to a certain degree.