Editing Three Gorges Dam (section)

== Displacement of residents ==
During planning, it was estimated that 13 cities, 140 towns and 1,350 villages would be partially or completely flooded by the reservoir,<ref>{{cite web |date=August 22, 2008 |script-title=zh:三峡四期移民工程通过阶段性验收 |url=http://www.ctgpc.com.cn/sx/news.php?mNewsId=29626 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207081858/http://www.ctgpc.com.cn/sx/news.php?mNewsId=29626 |archive-date=December 7, 2008 |access-date=December 6, 2008 |publisher=China Three Gorges Project Corporation |language=zh |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite news |date=July 24, 2008 |script-title=zh:三峡库区城镇完成拆迁 |language=zh |trans-title=Towns in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, Demolition Completed |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=http://chinese.wsj.com/gb/20080724/bch094619.asp?source=whatnews3 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206151424/http://chinese.wsj.com/gb/20080724/bch094619.asp?source=whatnews3 |archive-date=December 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Three Gorges Dam |url=http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/three-gorges-dam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505160126/http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/three-gorges-dam |archive-date=May 5, 2015 |access-date=May 5, 2015 |publisher=International Rivers}}</ref> amounting to roughly 1.5% of Hubei's 60.3&nbsp;million people and [[Chongqing]] Municipality's 31.44&nbsp;million people.<ref name="MWC_News_101307">{{cite news |date=October 13, 2007 |title=China dam to displace millions more |publisher=MWC News |url=http://mwcnews.net/content/view/17341&Itemid=1 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014132058/http://mwcnews.net/content/view/17341%26Itemid%3D1 |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> These people were moved to new homes by the Chinese government, which considered the displacement justified by the flood protection provided for the communities downstream of the dam.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=February 9, 2017 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042028/http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/2012_Hydropower_Roadmap.pdf | url=http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/2012_Hydropower_Roadmap.pdf | title=2012 Hydropower Roadmap | page=37 | url-status=live | website=iea.org}}</ref>

Between 2002 and 2005, Canadian photographer [[Edward Burtynsky]] documented the impact of the project on the surrounding areas, including the town of [[Wanzhou]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edward Burtynsky: Three Gorges Dam Project |url=https://mackenzie.art/edward-burtynsky-three-gorges-dam-project/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=MacKenzie Art Gallery |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Photographs: China |url=https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/china |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Edward Burtynsky |language=en-US}}</ref> Other photographers who recorded the change include Chengdu-based Muge,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Gem |title=Muge travels the Yangtze River, tenderly photographing communities displaced by flooding - 1854 Photography |url=https://www.1854.photography/2020/12/muge-travels-the-yangtze-river-tenderly-photographing-communities-displaced-by-flooding/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=1854.photography |language=en-GB}}</ref> Paris-based Zeng Nian (originally from Jiangsu),<ref>{{Cite web |last=jess |date=December 5, 2014 |title=Zeng Nian: Remembering the Three Gorges Dam |url=https://angkor-photo.com/zeng-nian-three-gorges-dam/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops |language=en-US}}</ref> and Israeli [[Nadav Kander]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dykstra |first=Jean |date=December 27, 2012 |title=Nadav Kander: Yangtze: The Long River |url=https://photographmag.com/articles/yangtze-the-long-river/ |access-date=February 14, 2023 |website=Photographmag.com}}</ref> Living conditions deteriorated for many, and hundreds of thousands of people could not find work. The older generation was particularly affected, but younger generations benefited from the educational and career opportunities afforded by moving to large cities with new, modern companies and schools.<ref>Christoph Seeber, Lorenz King: ''Umsiedlungen am Yangtze – ein Erfolg? Ausmaß und Folgen des Landnutzungswandels in der Drei-Schluchten-Region.'' – Spiegel der Forschung 1/20: S. 50–63, 2010. [http://geb.uni-giessen.de/geb/volltexte/2010/7656/pdf/Sdf_2010_1_50_63.pdf ''Full text''] (PDF; 1,1&nbsp;MB)</ref>

Some 2007 reports claimed that Chongqing Municipality would encourage four million more people to move away from the dam to Chongqing's main urban area by 2020.<ref name="bbc12102007">{{cite news | archive-date=March 9, 2008 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7042660.stm | title=Millions forced out by China dam | url-status=live | work=BBC News | date=October 12, 2007 | access-date=January 20, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309171612/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7042660.stm}}</ref><ref name="xinhua11102007">{{cite news | archive-date=October 16, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016223306/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/11/content_6864252.htm | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/11/content_6864252.htm | title=Millions more face relocation from Three Gorges Reservoir Area | agency=Xinhua News Agency | date=October 11, 2007 | access-date=January 20, 2008 | author=Wang Hongjiang | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="xinhua26092007">{{cite news | archive-date=May 27, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527035410/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/26/content_6796234.htm | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/26/content_6796234.htm | title=China warns of environmental "catastrophe" from Three Gorges Dam | agency=Xinhua News Agency | date=September 26, 2007 | access-date=November 23, 2010 | author=Jiang Yuxia | url-status=dead}}</ref> The municipal government asserted that the relocation was driven by urbanization, rather than a direct result of the dam project, and that the people involved included other areas of the municipality.<ref name="ccdv20071116">{{cite news | author1=Guo Jinjia | url=http://ccdv.people.com.cn/GB/66982/6537524.html | language=zh | script-title=zh:重庆澄清"三峡库区二次移民四百万"传闻 | url-status=dead | work=People's Daily | date=November 16, 2007 | access-date=April 10, 2011 | author2=Yang Shanyin | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119074251/http://ccdv.people.com.cn/GB/66982/6537524.html | archive-date=November 19, 2007 | df=mdy-all}}</ref>

By June 2008, China had moved 1.24&nbsp;million residents as far as [[Gaoyang, Hebei|Gaoyang]] in Hebei Province,<ref name="chinadaily2">{{cite news |author=Liang Chao |date=July 15, 2004 |title=More bid farewell to Three Gorges |work=China Daily |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/15/content_348413.htm |url-status=live |access-date=January 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204022708/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/15/content_348413.htm |archive-date=December 4, 2007}}</ref> and the moves concluded the following month.<ref name="autogenerated3" />