TY - GEN AU - Jiandong, Tong TI - Small hydro power PB - Technical Information Service KW - HYDROELECTRIC POWER KW - ENERGY KW - RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES KW - WATER POWER KW - ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS N2 - From analyzing the environmental impact of rural energy, this paper stresses the importance of SHP development and elaborates main features of international SHP construction in regard with resources, policies, funding and technology, combined with the practical cases in China and other developing countries. It introduces the great role that SHP plays in improving rural ecological environment and decreasing natural disasters, appealing to international community the speedy transfer of technology to developing countries so as to promote social and economic development in rural and remote areas ER -