Events
Fluid Negotiations: Preliminary Analysis of Water Use for Irrigation and Hydropower along the Min River
26 Sep 2018
12:00 – 13:30
USC, 8/F, Tin Ka Ping Building, CUHK
Dr. Edwin Schmitt, University of Oslo
Edwin Schmitt is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages at the University of Oslo. His research has focused on energy development in Sichuan, Yunnan, Hebei and Qinghai as well as environmental consciousness among urban residents of Chengdu.
Free Admission, HK$40.00 for Lunch
3943 8762/ usc@cuhk.edu.hk
This lecture will take the Min River in Sichuan as a case for exploring water usage for irrigation and hydropower in the PRC. I will first introduce the ancient irrigation engineering system Dujiangyan and its continued importance to agriculture in Sichuan. I will then discuss the three main periods of hydropower development along the Min River and how negotiations over water resources take place at a reservoir, across the watershed, and beyond the watershed. One goal of the talk is to consider how the wide-reaching negotiations over water resources allows hydropower officials to accumulate social and political power.
