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Journal articles on the topic "Dam social-environmental impacts"
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Zare, Rahim, and Behzad Kalantari. "Evaluating Negative Environmental Impacts Caused by Dam Construction." Urban Studies and Public Administration 1, no. 1 (May 17, 2018): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/uspa.v1n1p42.
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<p><em>Dams are one of the most important structures in the water resources transmission and storage systems. Thus, given the growth and development of dam construction in the world, evaluating environmental consequences of the dam has high importance. Dams leave positive and negative impacts on the environment. The destructive impacts of dam construction include social, economic, hydraulic, biological, health, and atmospheric impacts, etc., leading to change and complexity. Hence, given the importance of the positive impacts of dams, it is essential that negative environmental impacts of the dam to be minimized for sustainable development. The current article evaluates the negative environmental impacts caused by dam construction</em>.<em></em></p>
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Wang, Xiao Ling, Xue Fei Ao, Rui Rui Sun, and Wei Ping Guo. "The Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Dam-Break Consequences Based on Numerical Simulation." Applied Mechanics and Materials 229-231 (November 2012): 1850–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.229-231.1850.
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Dam break is a serious social disaster, which causes a great deal of damage to the society and environment. In this paper, a 3D turbulence model coupled with the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method for the dam-break flood propagating is established, the loss of life resulting from dam failure is calculated by the modified Graham method, a statistical method is used for the economic loss, the main factors for social and environmental impacts are introduced, and finally the linear weighting method is carried out for comprehensive evaluation and analysis of dam-break consequences. The dam-break consequences of Dongwushi reservoir in Handan is taken as a case, the life loss, the economic loss, as well as social and environmental impacts are analyzed, and then a comprehensive evaluation of the dam-break consequences carried out.
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McCartney, Matthew. "Living with dams: managing the environmental impacts." Water Policy 11, S1 (March 1, 2009): 121–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2009.108.
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Dams, through disruption of physiochemical and biological processes, have water and associated environmental impacts that have far reaching social and economic consequences. The impact of each dam is unique. It depends not only on the dam structure and the attributes of local biota but also climatic and geomorphic conditions. Given the number of existing dams (over 45,000 large dams) and the large number that may be built in the near future, it is clear that humankind must live with the environmental and social consequences for many decades to come. This paper provides a review of the consequences for ecosystems and biodiversity resulting directly from the presence of dams on rivers, and of constraints and opportunities for environmental protection. It illustrates that a wide range of both technical and non-technical measures has been developed to ameliorate the negative impacts of dams. It argues that relatively few studies have been conducted to evaluate the success of these measures and that it is widely perceived that many interventions fail, either for technical reasons or as a consequence of a variety of socio-economic constraints. It discusses the constraints to successful implementation and mechanisms for promoting, funding and ensuring compliance. Finally, it contends that there is a need to improve environmental practices in the operation of both existing and new dams.
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Ribeiro, Heidi Michalski, and Jose Rubens Morato. "Social environmental injustices against indigenous peoples: the Belo Monte dam." Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal 29, no. 6 (July 24, 2020): 865–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dpm-02-2020-0033.
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PurposeThis proposal is a case study of the Belo Monte dam. The article deals with human rights and environmental violations arising from the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant in the northern region of Brazil. This paper aims to evidence human rights violations brought by the construction Belo Monte dam, a glimpse of the COVID-19 scenario and how Brazilian regulation allowed those violations.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the objective of this article, the Brazilian norms, public policies and the current situation of the affected communities were analyzed, focusing on the human rights violations and the historical timeline of this mega-project. The analysis was directed to the hardcore social sciences, considering analytical and qualitative research.FindingsThe data gathered and the references consulted proved that many human rights violations occurred and that the vulnerability of indigenous and local people increased with the construction of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant in the northern region of Brazil. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this adverse scenario since indigenous and local people already had their vulnerabilities increased with the construction of Belo Monte.Research limitations/implicationsThe Belo Monte Dam has had severe and irreversible impacts on the lives of local communities, especially indigenous peoples, as it had destroyed their culture and the environment. The authors were not able to do fieldwork, due to the great distance of the dam. In this sense, the research does not cover all the social–environmental issues, as an ethnographic approach is necessary.Originality/valueThe authors intend to bring attention to harms caused to indigenous people and the local communities, expecting to create an alert of what this kind of project can do to vulnerable peoples' life, especially now with the pandemic scenario, which makes indigenous and traditional communities more vulnerable to diseases due to the loss of their territories.
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Pérez Lugo, Yurany Alexandra, and Lenin Gabriel Díaz Escandón. "Represa Salvajina: lejos del desarrollo, cerca del olvido. 1985-2016." REVISTA CONTROVERSIA, no. 208 (June 5, 2017): 283–316. http://dx.doi.org/10.54118/controver.vi208.1089.
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La represa Salvajina, una de las grandes hidroeléctricas de Colombia, ubicada en el noroccidente del Cauca, en los municipios de Suárez, Morales y Buenos Aires, ha sido una construcción controversial por los impactos sociales y ambientales que ha generado durante la administración de diferentes multinacionales y empresas privadas. La gobernanza se involucra en la administración de esta, pues es permanente la articulación entre Estado sociedad civil y actores privados, donde supone el reto de efectuar la gobernabilidad en el margen legal. La administración de la represa, sus repercusiones socioambientales y la gobernabilidad son tres factores que confluyen para determinar el impacto general de este proyecto frente a la población aledaña. A partir de lo anterior, este escrito intenta ver cómo dicho impacto ha sido remediado, o, en su defecto, cuáles son las tentativas para lograrlo, pues desde una perspectiva críticoanalítica, el manejo y regulación del Estado frente a los actores privados permite que las dinámicas sociales se vean impactadas negativa o positivamente, en la culturalización de nuevas formas de vida relacionadas con la construcción de la represa. En suma, el artículo apunta a que el reto del Estado, en el marco de la gobernanza, y dentro de una armonía teórica horizontal, es suscitar la gobernabilidad entre los actores que buscan beneficio de distinta índole en la represa Salvajina.Palabras clave: megaproyectos, desarrollo, impacto social, impacto ambiental, actores privados, sociedad civil, acción estatal, gobernanza, gobernabilidad. Abstract:Salvajina Dam: far from development, close to oblivion Salvajina dam, one of the greatest hydroelectric of Colombia, located in the Northwest of Cauca, in the municipalities of Suárez, Morales and Buenos Aires has been controversial for the social and environmental impacts generated, within the administration of different multinationals and private companies. Governance is involved in the administration of this, because joint is permanent between State, civil society and private actors, where the challenge of governance in the legal margin. The management of the dam, its social and environmental impacts; and it governance are three factors that converge in determine an impact general to the population surrounding and how these have been remediated, or in its defect them attempts of achieving it. As a perspective critical analytical, management and regulation of the State to private players allows that the social dynamics will be impacted positively or negative on the culturalisation of new forms of life because of the construction of the dam. Raise governance is the challenge of the State within the framework of governance, within a horizontal theoretical harmony between players seeking benefits of different kind in the Salvajina dam.Keywords: Megaprojects, development, social impact, environmental impact, private actors, civil society, state action, governance, governability.
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Barrington, Dani J., Stephen Dobbs, and Daniel I. Loden. "Social and Environmental Justice for Communities of the Mekong River." International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace 1, no. 1 (May 24, 2012): 31–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ijesjp.v1i1.3515.
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During the mid-twentieth century the construction of hydroelectric dams in developing countries became a contentious issue in economic and political arenas. Governments and pro-damming parties, particularly those with a direct commercial interest, often consider the dams to be necessary for economic growth, as well as being in the national interest. Others directly impacted by the altered hydrology and ecology, as well as experts concerned with environmental and demographic impacts, are less sure about the benefits of hydro-electric dams. Concerns about the environmental and human impacts of dams are heightened on a waterway such as the Mekong River, which flows through six sovereign states. When the impacts are to be felt across entire regions, ensuring just outcomes for all the stakeholders is crucial to long-term regional political stability and economic wellbeing. Engineers are pivotal in the design and construction of dams, and engineering teams also play an increasingly important role in assisting communities impacted by the altered hydrology. This article focuses on the community and environmental implications of engineering decisions on the Mekong River, and suggests ways in which engineers involved in dam design and construction can play a role in ensuring that socially and environmentally just outcomes are achieved.
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Saulters, Oral. "Undam It? Klamath Tribes, Social Ecological Systems, and Economic Impacts of River Restoration." American Indian Culture and Research Journal 38, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 25–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.17953/aicr.38.3.d9n767466423807t.
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This study explores the complex cultural, environmental, and economic forces that converge in the United States' Klamath River Basin, also addressing potential solutions. With watershed modifications and construction of dams in the early-twentieth century, ecosystems have been adversely impacted, creating significant challenges for tribes and wildlife, including fish populations. Competing interests and shifting policy priorities have contributed to a highly contested landscape that may be moving toward more sustainable development. Indigenous communities are playing a central role in moving away from long-term conflict among diverse stakeholders over fish and water resources and toward more recent collaborative efforts in planning one of the largest dam removals in history. Two crucial questions are addressed in this paper: (1) What key factors influence environmental governance? and (2) How might proposed dam removal impact socioeconomic conditions? After a brief literature review regarding spatiotemporal conditions, I employ the Social Ecological Systems (SES) framework developed by Ostrom, together with a general economic evaluation, to provide an important preliminary step toward characterizing the multifaceted and interdependent issues. Meaningful variables are identified by unpacking the interactions of governance institutions, actors, and resources within nested settings. Findings from the benefit-cost analysis suggest that the net economic benefits from deconstruction and river restoration may be between $14 to $82 billion. Finally, I recommend further research and use of the Integrative Dam Assessment Modeling (IDAM) tool.
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Silva, Adriana Aparecida, Divina Aparecida Leonel Lunas, Poliene Soares dos Santos Bicalho, and Roseli Martins Tristão Maciel. "The impact of the Brumadinho dam failure in Naô Xohâ village." Sustentabilidade em Debate 10, no. 3 (December 31, 2019): 179–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.18472/sustdeb.v10n3.2019.24017.
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It is still under strong impact from the Brumadinho dam failure that this article was written. Our main goal is to approach, in the midst of so many social groups hit by this announced tragedy, the reality of the village Naô Xohã, whose population lives on the banks of the Paraopeba River, also victimized by this environmental disaster of consequences not yet dimensioned. As it is a contemporary theme, several press releases were used to compose the narrative, as well as to build a comprehensive review of the literature on the Movement of People Affected by Dams and on socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The proposition, however, is based on an interdisciplinary approach to the theme, which is the impact of the Brumadinho dam failure in Naô Xohã village, mainly due to the pollution that spread over the Paraopeba River. To this end, a fruitful dialogue was established between history, geography, economics and environmental issues.
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Souza-Cruz-Buenaga, F. V. A., S. A. Espig, T. L. C. Castro, and M. A. Santos. "Environmental impacts of a reduced flow stretch on hydropower plants." Brazilian Journal of Biology 79, no. 3 (September 2019): 470–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.183883.
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Abstract In Brazil, given its privileged hydrology, the unexplored economic use of water resources has many dimensions, such as hydroelectric power. This energy will face increasingly rigorous social and environmental impact assessments (40% of potential is located in the Amazon region). Hydropower inventory studies conducted over decades, with solutions such as ecological river flows, that flood smaller areas and reduce natural river flows modifications, are being reviewed. The river extension from dam to the point where the waters are returned after the powerhouse is known as the Reduced Flow Stretch (RFS). Even mega-projects, such as the 11.3 GW Belo Monte dam, are designed with deviating flows reaching an astounding 13,000 m 3/s (excavated material higher than Panama Canal). RFS requires to be carefully studied to achieve appropriate ecological flows, since RFS flows increased reduces the plant's electricity production to the same installed capacity. Balancing RFS requirements and hydroelectric power remains a challenge and, clearly, there is no consensus. Here, we performed an analysis of the main environmental impacts caused by RFS requirements, considering the multiple water use specific for each dam site. The natural variability of river flows provides diversity of habitats and maintains the richness and complexity of biological communities. Therefore, the present study has great ecological, social and economic relevance, since proper evaluation of the RFS requirements avoids potential destabilization of biological communities and even loss of biodiversity. This type of arrangement was more common in dams located in headwaters of rivers, as in the slopes of the Andes mountain range, and in regions like the Alps. There are many hydroelectric plants in South America and Europe that have this type of arrangement of engineering works. But the times are different and the environmental impacts have to be better evaluated. A final aspect also involves the maintenance of ecological flows downstream of dams. Regularization reservoirs need to keep downstream, even if they do not have a TVR, adequate flows that represent minimally the seasonality of the river, with floods and droughts, that propitiate the maintenance of the ecosystems downstream. There are cases such as the Sobradinho Plant in the São Francisco River that has been much questioned in this regard, especially when the climate is changing in the basin, with long periods of drought, and with increasing water use. So this is a very important and increasingly current issue.
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Islam, Md Saidul, and Md Nazrul Islam. "“Environmentalism of the poor”: the Tipaimukh Dam, ecological disasters and environmental resistance beyond borders." Bandung: Journal of the Global South 3, no. 1 (June 30, 2016): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40728-016-0030-5.
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The Indian government recently resumed the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River just 1 km north of Bangladesh’s north-eastern border. The construction work was stalled in March 2007 in the wake of massive protests from within and outside India. Experts have argued that the Dam, when completed, would cause colossal disasters to Bangladesh and India, with the former being vastly affected: the Dam would virtually dry up the Surma and Kushiara, two important rivers for Bangladesh. Therefore, this controversial Dam project has generated immense public discontents leading to wider mass-movements in Bangladesh, India, and around the world. The movement has taken various forms, ranging from simple protests to a submission of a petition to the United Nations. Drawing on the “environmentalism of the poor” as a conceptual metaphor, the article examines this global movement to show how environmental resistance against the Tipaimukh Dam has transcended national borders and taken on a transnational form by examining such questions as: who is protesting, why, in what ways, and with what effects. In order to elucidate the impending social and ecological impacts, which would potentially disrupt communities in South Asia, the paper offers some pragmatic policy recommendations that also seek to augment social mobility in the region.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Dam social-environmental impacts"
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Hunt, Richard Peter Lewis. "The environmental impacts of upgrading the Olushandja Dam, northern Namibia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14714.
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Includes bibliographical references.The purpose of this dissertation is to assess and evaluate various water level management options for the upgrading of Olushandja Dam in northern Namibia within the framework of the environmental impact assessment carried out for the project. This will enable the Namibian Department of Water Affairs (DWA) to improve their management of the dam for the benefit of the local communities and consumers in the Oshana Water Region (Figure 5 . 1). The dam has been in existence since 1975 and is part of the Calueque-Olushandja inter-basin water transfer scheme. A pipeline and a series of canals links Calueque Dam , on the Cunene River in Angola , with Olushandja Dam in Namibia and the urban areas to the east and south. In order to provide for the expected increase in water requirements from agricultural and rural development the scheme is presently being upgraded. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) was initiated in 1994 by the DWA as a requirement of the Dutch Government who are funding the project. Biophysical studies were undertaken by staff from the DWA and private consultants from Windhoek. The socio-economic study was carried out by a study team from the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, in association with a consultant from the University's Environmental Evaluation Unit (EEU). The EEU was appointed to compile a full EIA based on the findings of the specialist reports. This report is expected to be completed by October 1995.
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Akyurek, Gokce. "Impact Of Ataturk Dam On Social And Environmental Aspects Of The Southeastern Anatolia Project." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606992/index.pdf.
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In this thesis the impact of the Atatürk Dam on social and environmental aspects of the Southeastern Anatolia Project has been discussed in terms of planning and policy making, institutional arrangements, infrastuctural development and human resources development. In order to analyse the impacts of Atatü
rk Dam data related to several components are collected. These components can be listed as resettlement, land acquisition and land consolidation, education, health, gender issues. The results show that the Atatü
rk Resettlement has been done involuntarily. The people mostly have their compensation. However the management abilities of the resettlers for the compensations were poor. Generally the Southeastern Anatolia Project as a large scale multi sectoral projects have positive impacts on the literacy ratio and health standards. Actually the social and environmental aspects of this kind of large scale projects are difficult to predict and measure. Therefore reasonable studies on prediciting the problems related to the environemental and social issues and producing sufficient solutions become more and more important day by day. The Southeastern Anatolia Project becomes an important example for similar projects by considering its both positive and negative impacts
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Gonçalves, Juliano Costa. "Controle social de terra e água no interior paulista: um estudo de caso." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18139/tde-09022010-085734/.
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O processo de formação do território gera conflitos entre os atores sociais presentes em cada região. No Brasil, tanto o mercado de terras quanto a cobrança do uso da água são criações estatais que respondem a diferentes demandas sociais e criam marcações temporais que permitem analisar o processo de dominação e apropriação de um território em que classes sociais e atores sociais evidenciam o controle social que visa influenciar, atingir ou controlar relacionamentos e pessoas exercido sobre os recursos terra e água ao longo do tempo. O objetivo deste trabalho é descrever e analisar como Estado e sociedade exercem, em um processo histórico, o controle sobre os recursos terra e água. Para realizar esse objetivo, realiza-se um estudo de caso dos processos históricos de territorialização envolvendo terra e água no município de Pereira Barreto/SP, interior do Estado de São Paulo. Desde a constituição do mercado de terras, os recursos hídricos são fundamentais para potencializar estratégias de privadas de valorização do solo, tentando auferir ganhos monetários por meio da posse da água. A propriedade da terra se mistura à propriedade da água. A imbricação entre terra e água coloca a gestão dos recursos hídricos sob os cuidados dos proprietários de terra. Com a construção e enchimento dos reservatórios da Usinas Hidroelétricas (UHEs) Jupiá, Ilha Solteira e, principalmente, Três Irmãos, a dinâmica territorial e a gestão dos recursos hídricos no município de Pereira Barreto e na região experimentam profundas alterações na estrutura fundiária, alagando terras produtivas e partes da área urbana municipal. O controle social da terra e da água é, então, exercido pela UHE Três Irmãos no território do município de Pereira Barreto. Os Comitês de Bacia Hidrográfica do Estado de São Paulo surgem como atores sociais com o controle social da água que buscam, pela gestão dos recursos hídricos, controle sobre a terra, revertendo em parte o quadro inicial apontado. Por fim, discutimos a perspectiva de descontrole social da água advindo da interpretação das barragens como um risco socialmente fabricadoThe process of forming territory generates conflicts among the social actors who want social control of key resources such as land and water. In Brazil, the land market as well as levying for the use of water are state created mechanisms that respond to different social demands and create arranged timetables that allow to analyze the process of domination and ownership of a territory in which social classes and social actors demonstrate a social control - aiming to influence, reach or control relationships and people that is applied to land and water resources over time. The study herein describes and analyzes how State and society exert, in a historic process, the control over land and water resources. To achieve this goal, a case study is conducted on the historical processes of territorialization that involves land and water in the city of Pereira Barreto, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Since the incorporation of land markets, water resources have been key strategies to maximize the value of private lands, with the intent of profiting financial gains through the ownership of water. The ownership of land merges with the ownership of water. The overlapping of land and water places the management of water resources under the care of land owners. With the construction and filling of the reservoirs of (UHEs) Jupiá, Ilha Solteira and, especially, Três Irmãos hydroelectric plants, the regional dynamics and management of water resources in the city of Pereira Barreto and region have undergone profound agrarian land structure changes, with the flooding of productive lands and parts of the city. The social control of land and water is then put into practice by UHE Três Irmãos in the city of Pereira Barreto. The Water Basin Committees of the State of São Paulo emerge as social actors who have the social control of water resources and who seek, by means of water resource management, to have control of lands, thus reversing in part the aforementioned initial scenario. Lastly, the prospect of social non-controlled water resulting from the interpretation of dams as a socially manufactured risk is discussed
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Nzeyimana, Lazare. "Rusumo dam-social challenge in Kagera River Basin : Participation of the affected people." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Water and Environmental Studies, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7959.
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From long ago, rivers have always sustained livelihoods of the peoples through the utilisation of different natural resources available in the basin. All over the world, many rivers have been dammed in the spirit of performing various purposes: agricultural irrigation, domestic water supply and power generation or flood control.
By the year 2001, the World Commission on Dams brought into focus the debate on damrelated impacts on local economies, societal cultures, livelihoods security and environmental conservation. The outcome of the World Commission on Dams consultation strongly recommended the governments to involve all stakeholders to address appropriately all issues associated with dams.
The overall focus of this master thesis is the projected Rusumo Falls dam in the Kagera River Basin (East Africa). Based on literature documentation completed by on-ground observations and qualitative interviews at Rusumo, various issues connected with the dam are presented.
In the first part, the Kagera River Basin background information is provided. It gives an overview of the physical and human characteristics of the Kagera watershed and subcatchments. A brief history and socio-economic indicators are given to enlighten the outsiders about the development challenges of the riparian countries of Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Regional frameworks for the development and management of Kagera Basin natural resources are presented: The Kagera Basin Organisation and the Nile Basin Initiative.
Section two analyses the likely social problems around the Rusumo Hydro Electric Project resulting from the land issue and the electricity needs and posing a dilemma for the governments committed to reverse the poverty and developing the economies. Benefits and drawbacks of the dam as perceived by the beneficiaries are thoroughly listed.
Based on the overwhelming supports from the Rusumo people, the governments of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania together with the international community, a public participation scenario is suggested in the last chapter. It encourages the governments to come together with all interested groups and the affected people of Rusumo and address any matters associated to the dam management process.
The conclusion of this study draws some strategies and methods to ensure full popular participation in the dam management. It provides some ways to involve all stakeholders to address the related issues. As the Rusumo people perceptions of the dam possible effects might not be realistic, the popular participation can offer them a good opportunity to handle socio-economic problems such as the land issue, the economy restructure and the nature conservation. In this case study, the government of Rwanda is therefore responsible for the establishment of platforms for a broad popular consultation.
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Morimoto, Risako. "Environmental, economic and social impacts of dams in developing countries." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251884.
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Lima, Ernandy Luis Vasconcelos de. "Das areias da praia às areias da moradia:um embate socioambiental em Fortaleza - CE." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFC, 2005. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/16763.
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LIMA, Ernandy Luis Vasconcelos de. Das areias da praia às areias da moradia:um embate socioambiental em Fortaleza - CE. 2005. 195 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Programa Regional de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente - PRODEMA, Fortaleza-CE, 2005.Submitted by demia Maia (demiamlm@gmail.com) on 2016-05-13T13:27:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_elvlima.pdf: 5908357 bytes, checksum: fc0f220a60d010b1e4fb95c47955f458 (MD5)
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The knowledge of the geodynamic and social evolution constitues the essential analyze for the planning of the use and occupation, regarding the alterations of the human activities in the natural processes. It avoids futures environmental damages. The study area is located at Serviluz locality, Fortaleza County, Northeastern Brazil. The main objective is to define the environmental dynamics through the characterization of the aeolian dynamics in the transport of sediments in the Future and Serviluz beaches and of the analysis of the natural and social impacts caused the Serviluz locality population. The applied methodology was based on a systematic approach, using qualitative and quantitative data and analyzing the evolution of an environmental system starting from the geodynamics and social processes in the urban area occupation near the coast. Socio-environmental impacts are affecting the natural dynamics in the study area. Dune migration and aeolian sediments along the Serviluz coast are burying the houses, buildings, beach huts, access roads and the urban infrastructure. Besides, the greater part of community does not have the house's ownership because it occupied the area illegally in navy lands. Currently six thousand families, this place serves as a local for activities port, industrial and residential. So, a knowledge integrated for the environmental characterization was done for understanding of the socio-environmental impact verified in the study area, starting from the located connections in this place among the natural phenomena (coastal dynamics) and social aspects.
O conhecimento da evolução dos processos geodinâmicos e sociais de uma área constitui instrumento importante na compreensão das formas de operacionalização de medidas de planejamento, monitoramento e gestão de uso e ocupação do solo. Evita futuros danos ambientais com relação às alterações nos processos naturais decorrentes das atividades antrópicas. A localização da área de estudo está situada na cidade de Fortaleza - CE. O objetivo principal do trabalho é definir a dinâmica ambiental através da caracterização da dinâmica eólica no transporte de sedimentos nas praias do Futuro e do Serviluz e da análise dos impactos naturais e sociais causados à população do lugar Serviluz. A metodologia aplicada para a caracterização dos processos socioambientais foi baseada em uma abordagem sistemática, procurando determinar a evolução de um sistema ambiental a partir dos processos geodinâmicos e sociais locais em um setor litorâneo intensamente ocupado por uma população de baixa renda, usando dados quantitativos e qualitativos. Trava-se um embate entre as questões sociais e ambientais no antigo Serviluz, um lugar estabelecido em Fortaleza, entre os bairros Cais do Porto e Vicente Pinzón, submetido a diversos impactos que atuaram de modo a desarranjar a dinâmica natural. A comunidade deste lugar vem coabitando no período de estiagem com a condição do soterramento das habitações, das vias de acesso e de equipamentos públicos pela invasão de sedimentos de origem praial. Uma grande parte desta população convive ainda com a falta da regularização fundiária, fato decorrente das ocupações ilegais em terrenos de marinha. Além disto, para compreensão do embate socioambiental verificado na área de estudo, foi feito um conhecimento integrado para a caracterização ambiental, a partir da determinação das conexões entre os fenômenos naturais (dinâmica costeira) e sociais que se desenvolvem neste lugar, um espaço caracterizado por ocupações residenciais, industriais e portuárias.
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Yates, Michelle Joan. "Social impact assessment of changing the water level in the Olushandja Dam." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17001.
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Includes bibliography.The Olushandja dam is located in the northern part of Namibia, in the Omusati region - one of the four regions into which the former Ovamboland was divided after independence. The Olushandja dam is part of a two-dam supply system comprising the Calueque dam, on the Cunene river in Angola and the Olushandja dam in Namibia. Construction on Olushandja dam was completed in 1975. It acts as a storage and balancing dam for water supplied from Calueque. Olushandja dam is 17, 7kms long and about 300m wide. For the last 20 years it has been managed at 30% as this is the capacity at which evaporation balances injection of water into the dam and seepage. As part of a plan to upgrade the pumping facilities at Calueque and Olushandja dams, upgrading at Olushandja was initiated early in 1995, and involved repairing the north wall pump station and pumps, and the repair of the sluice gates at the south wall. Upgrading of the Calueque facilities is envisaged for 1996. With upgrading virtually complete at Olushandja, the UCT team were commissioned to conduct a SIA on the effect of changing the water level in the dam on the rural communities living in the vicinity of the dam. The SIA forms part of a full EIA looking at the overall environmental effect of changing the water level at which the dam is currently managed. The impact of the SIA will therefore be in terms of management rather than construction.
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PEREIRA, Maria do Carmo Élida Dantas. "A ação civil pública ambiental à luz das disposições da política nacional de resíduos sólidos: um estudo de caso do município de Campina Grande." Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, 2016. http://dspace.sti.ufcg.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/riufcg/981.
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A pesquisa objetiva estudar a Ação Civil Pública Ambiental proposta inicialmente pelo Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis em 2005, em desfavor do Município de Campina Grande – PB, sobre a questão da disposição final dos resíduos sólidos no lixão, localizado no Bairro do Mutirão, devido à presença de conflitos de ordem social, econômica, ambiental, sanitária e estética, dentre outros. Com relação à metodologia, foi aplicado o método indutivo que, a partir das informações colhidas nesta ação, possibilitou obter conhecimento generalizado. Além disso, utilizou-se dos métodos da triangulação e hermenêutico-sistêmico para a contextualização do trabalho em uma abordagem qualitativa. Empregou -se, ainda, o procedimento metodológico do estudo de caso, e as técnicas da documentação indireta e direta, cuja análise partiu do levantamento bibliográfico pertinente à temática e, em seguida, foram apreciados os procedimentos adotados no curso desta ação judicial até 2015. Posteriormente, foram realizadas entrevistas com representantes do Poder Público Municipal de Campina Grande, da Cooperativa de Catadores e Catadoras de Materiais Recicláveis de Campina Grande e do Centro de Ação Cultural. constatou-se que o antigo lixão de Campina Grande desrespeitava a legislação ambiental quanto ao modo de disposição final dos resíduos sólidos, que era feita a céu aberto, como também, a proximidade do lixão com o aeroporto aumentava os riscos de graves acidentes aéreos, além de danos ambientais, com relação ao solo, fauna, flora, ar e água, e problemas sociais originados pelo trabalho dos catadores. Conclui-se que o antigo lixão de Campina Grande foi desativado somente depois de prolatada a sentença, e o processo encontra-se atualmente em grau de recurso aguardando decisão do Superior Tribunal de Justiça. Por essa razão, no período de 2012 a meados de 2015, os resíduos sólidos passaram a ser dispostos no aterro sanitário de Puxinanã – PB. Nos últimos meses, está sendo utilizado exclusivamente o aterro sanitário de Catolé de Boa Vista – PB, enquanto aguarda outra solução.
The research aims to study the Environmental Public Civil Action originally proposed by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources in 2005, to the detriment of the Municipality of Campina Grande -PB, which addresses the issue of final disposal of solid waste in the landfill, located in neighborhood Multirão, due to the presence of conflicts of social, economic, environmental, health and aesthetics, among others. With regard to methodology, the inductive method was applied that from the information gathered in this action made it possible to obtain general knowledge. In addition, it was used the methods of triangulation and hermeneutic-systemic context to work in a qualitative approach. It was employed also the methodological procedure of the case study, and the techniques of direct and indirect documentation, where the analysis came from the relevant literature review on the subject, and were then examined the procedures adopted in the course of this lawsuit until 2015. After that was made interviews with representatives of the Municipal Government of Campina Grande, the Cooperative´s Collectors and Collectors of Recyclable Materials of Campina Grande and Cultural Action Center. It was found that the former landfill of Campina Grande disrespected environmental legislation regarding the disposal of solid waste so that it was done in the open, as well as the proximity of the landfill to the airport increased the risk of serious air accidents; And the addition to environmental damage in relation to soil, flora, fauna, air and water, and social problems caused by the collectors´ work. In conclusion, the landfill of Campina Grande was off only after sentence is rendered and the process currently finds itself on appeal awaiting decision by the Superior Court. Then, from 2012 to mid-2015, solid waste began to be arranged in the landfill in Puxinanã - PB. And, in recent months, it is being exclusively used landfill in Catolé de Boa Vista - PB, while waiting for another solution.
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Soares, Fidel Vilioni Peixoto. "Impactos socioambientais na Amazônia: análise das transformações no uso da terra no município de Autazes - AM." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2009. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12349.
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This study is an analysis of the social and environmental use of the occupation of the land in the riparian forests in municipality of Autazes, Estate of Amazonas, focusing on social environmental impacts produced by these changes, and discusses the changes in the Amazon area through a reading of several interconnected transformation that Amazon comes through. This wok has the titles: Social and environmental impacts in the Amazon: analysis of the changes in land use in Autazes-AM, is an analysis of environmental and social impacts provided by the advances of the agropastorates activities, and among them we can emphasize: deforestation, fires, siltation of the rivers, soil degradation food security, and others. It s also examined the production of the Amazon area in a national, regional and local scale, seeking to context and inter-relate the progress of agriculture and other factors related to changes in land use, and explain the logic of the capitalist mode of production as the propitiator of the environmental and social impacts. In this way, this work seeks to show through context analysis of the Amazon space, more precisely in Autazes-AM, forms of sustainable use of the soil and other environmental resources. Accordingly, this work points to changes in the land use by sustainable economy alternatives means for the inclusion of the Amazon population to reach the conclusions that the way of preservation and conservation is necessary for such reflections
Este estudo faz uma análise socioambiental do uso e ocupação da terra das matas ciliares do município Autazes- AM, enfocando os impactos ambientais e sociais produzido por tais mudanças, além de discutir as transformações do espaço amazônico por meio de uma leitura interconectada das várias transformações que a Amazônia vem passando. Assim, são analisados os impactos ambientais propiciados, pelo avanço das atividades agropastoris entre os quais podemos destacar: desmatamentos, queimadas, assoreamento dos rios e demais corpos de água, degradação do solo, segurança alimentar, comprometimento das vias de circulação, e entre outros. Também, é analisada a produção do espaço amazônico em uma escala nacional, regional e local, procurando contextualizar e inter-relacionar o avanço da agropecuária entre outros fatores nas mudanças do uso da terra em Autazes, além de expor a lógica do modo de produção capitalista como propiciadora dos impactos ambientais e sociais. Dessa forma, esse trabalho procura evidenciar por meio das analises contextualizadas do espaço amazônico, mais precisamente, no município de Autazes- AM, formas de uso sustentáveis do solo e demais recursos ambientais. Nesse sentido, esse trabalho aponta para mudanças no uso da terra por meio de alternativas de economias sustentáveis para a inclusão das populações amazônidas por chegar à conclusão que o caminho da preservação e conservação ambiental passa necessariamente por tais questões
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Gago, Teresa dos Santos. "A estratégia da EDP aquando da construção da barragem do Sabor e a perceção da população da aldeia Foz do Sabor." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11956.
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Mestrado em MarketingNas sociedades contemporâneas, a preocupação com o meio ambiente não tem parado de crescer, tal como a utilização das energias renováveis se tem revelado fundamental para o desenvolvimento tecnológico e a redução do uso de combustíveis fósseis. A construção de barragens é uma forma de conseguir energia mais limpa, mas produz mudanças ambientais na paisagem, com consequências para as populações das áreas afetadas, onde, normalmente desperta discussão cívica e agitação política. Em Portugal, a construção de barragens adquiriu uma maior importância porque ajuda a reduzir a dependência energética e aumenta a capacidade de produção de água em todo o país. O principal objetivo deste estudo é entender que tipo de estratégia foi usado pela EDP, e qual foi o apoio da Fundação EDP durante a construção da barragem do Baixo Sabor e também descobrir como foi percebida e aceite pela população Para saber mais sobre todo o processo de construção da barragem e como a estratégia foi percebida pela população, realizou-se um questionário a trinta e um respondentes locais na aldeia da Foz do Sabor e procedeu-se uma entrevista aberta a alguns funcionários responsáveis pela empresa em questão. Por conseguinte, concluiu-se que a maioria da população tinha concordado com a construção da barragem, mas não tinha tido conhecimento real da estratégia da EDP. A mesma maioria declarou, também, que o apoio de EDP foi importante para a região, apesar de não ter notado uma mudança significativa na aldeia, após a construção da barragem.
The growing concern about environmentalism has proved of great importance in contemporary societies, such as the use of renewable energies which is fundamental to technological development and it reduces the use of fossil fuels. The construction of dams is a way of achieving cleaner energy, but produces environmental changes on the landscape, with consequences for the populations of the affected areas, where, normally arouses civic discussion and political unrest. In Portugal the construction of dams has acquired a greater importance because it helps to reduce energy dependency and increase the production capacity of water across the country. The main objective of this study is to understand what kind of strategy was used by EDP, and what the EDP Foundation's support was during the construction of the dam of the Baixo Sabor and also find out how it was perceived and accepted by the population To learn more about the whole process of the dam construction and how the strategy was perceived by the population, a questionnaire was carried out to 31 local respondents in the village of Foz do Sabor, and also held an open interview to some responsible staff in EDP. Therefore it was concluded that the majority of the population had agreed to the construction of the dam but had had no real knowledge of EDP's strategy. The same majority stated, too, that the EDP support was important for the region, although they had not noticed significant change in the village after the construction of the dam.
Books on the topic "Dam social-environmental impacts"
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Hadi, Sudharto P. Aspek sosial AMDAL: Sejarah, teori, dan metode. Yogyakarta: Gadjah Mada University Press, 1995.
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Roggeri, Henri. African dams: Impacts in the environment : the social and environmental impact of dams at the local level : a case study of five man-made lakes in eastern Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: Environment Liaison Centre, 1985.
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Lesotho. Lowlands Water Supply Unit., Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, FM Associates (Lesotho), and Southern Waters (South Africa), eds. Metolong dam environmental and social impact assessment: Final report. [Maseru]: Govt. of Lesotho, Dept. of Water Affairs, Lowlands Water Supply Unit, 2007.
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Lesotho. Lowlands Water Supply Unit., Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, FM Associates (Lesotho), and Southern Waters (South Africa), eds. Metolong dam environmental and social impact assessment: Final resettlement plan. [Maseru]: Govt. of Lesotho, Dept. of Water Affairs, Lowlands Water Supply Unit, 2007.
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Metolong dam environmental and social impact assessment: Final report : executive summary. [Maseru]: Govt. of Lesotho, Dept. of Water Affairs, Lowlands Water Supply Unit, 2007.
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Shekhar, Singh, Banerji Pranab, and Indian Institute of Public Administration., eds. Large dams in India: Environmental, social & economic impacts. New Delhi: Indian Institute of Public Adminsitration, 2002.
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Owen, David L., and Brendan O'Dwyer. Corporate Social Responsibility. Edited by Andrew Crane, Dirk Matten, Abagail McWilliams, Jeremy Moon, and Donald S. Siegel. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199211593.003.0017.
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The purpose of this article is to provide a brief overview of the development of corporate social and environmental reporting practice since it first began to achieve some degree of prominence on an international scale in the 1970s, before offering a critical evaluation of the state of current practice. This article focuses on the contribution of present day reporting, and associated assurance, initiatives made towards enhancing the transparency of corporate social and environmental impact, together with delivering enhanced levels of accountability to organizational stakeholders. A large part of this article draws on research in social and environmental accounting within the field of interdisciplinary accounting research. This research field has a thirty-five-year history and has developed in parallel with certain streams of corporate social responsibility research in the management literature. For example, social and environmental accounting research embraces both normative concerns with fulfilling obligations and duties to the wider society.
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1943-, Tyagi D., and Anthropological Survey of India, eds. Narmada Basin-land and people: An anthropological pilot study of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. Calcutta: Anthropological Survey of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Dept. of Culture, 1998.
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Frid, Christopher L. J., and Bryony A. Caswell. Marine Pollution. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198726289.001.0001.
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We use more than 100 000 chemicals in our daily lives to promote health, treat disease, facilitate transportation, use in industrial processes, grow food and access clean water. While these developments have improved human lives, many of these compounds ultimately end up in our seas and oceans where they represent a threat to marine life, ourselves and our continued use of the oceans to treat our waste, provide us with food and offer us recreation. Many of the pollution problems of previous decades seem to have been resolved, in the developed world, or at least managed to minimise their environmental impacts. However, despite treatments being available that reduce their damaging qualities, a potent mixture of toxic compounds enter the marine environment every day along with other potentially harmful additions including heat, noise and light and non-native species. The question thus arises: is pollution a problem that has really been solved? How well are we managing traditional pollutants? What are the challenges we still face today? What are the upcoming marine pollution challenges that face society? This volume describes the different marine pollutants, the science behind measuring their ecological impacts and how they are monitored in the environment, including traditional and new management approaches. This is an up-to-date account of marine pollution within the broad ecological and social context of a growing, technologically advanced, global population.
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Steinberg, Paul F. Who Rules the Earth? Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199896615.001.0001.
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Worldwide, half a million people die from air pollution each year-more than perish in all wars combined. One in every five mammal species on the planet is threatened with extinction. Our climate is warming, our forests are in decline, and every day we hear news of the latest ecological crisis. What will it really take to move society onto a more sustainable path? Many of us are already doing the "little things" to help the earth, like recycling or buying organic produce. These are important steps-but they're not enough. In Who Rules the Earth?, Paul Steinberg, a leading scholar of environmental politics, shows that the shift toward a sustainable world requires modifying the very rules that guide human behavior and shape the ways we interact with the earth. We know these rules by familiar names like city codes, product design standards, business contracts, public policies, cultural norms, and national constitutions. Though these rules are largely invisible, their impact across the planet has been dramatic. By changing the rules, Ontario, Canada has cut the levels of pesticides in its waterways in half. The city of Copenhagen has adopted new planning codes that will reduce its carbon footprint to zero by 2025. In the United States, a handful of industry mavericks designed new rules to promote greener buildings, and transformed the world's largest industry into a more sustainable enterprise. Steinberg takes the reader on a series of journeys, from a familiar walk on the beach to a remote village deep in the jungles of Peru, helping the reader to "see" the social rules that pattern our physical reality and showing why these are the big levers that will ultimately determine the health of our planet. By unveiling the influence of social rules at all levels of society-from private property to government policy, and from the rules governing our oceans to the dynamics of innovation and change within corporations and communities-Who Rules the Earth? is essential reading for anyone who understands that sustainability is not just a personal choice, but a political struggle.
Book chapters on the topic "Dam social-environmental impacts"
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Sithirith, Mak. "Transboundary River Basin Governance: A Case of the Mekong River Basin." In River Basin Management - Sustainability Issues and Planning Strategies. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.95377.
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Conflict and cooperation are key governance challenges in transboundary river basin governance, especially in the Mekong River Basin. Hydropower dams have been at the center of such a conflict and cooperation that are useful metrics to assess the level and intensity of conflict and cooperation in transboundary river basin governance. This study examines transboundary river basin cooperation in the Mekong through the lens of hydropower dam projects. It uses a literature review and a case study of the Lower Sasan 2 (LS2) Dam to analyze the conflict and cooperation in the Mekong region, from the era of the US influence in the Cold War, the post-Cold War period, and the present-day with the rise of China. It concludes that Mekong river basin cooperation has evolved as a result of external influences and internal competition by riparian states over Mekong resources. The LS2 was identified in 1961 by US-supported hydropower studies and then by the GMS/ADB in 1998, but left unattended until 2007 when Vietnam signed an agreement with Cambodia to undertake a feasibility study in 2008. It took 16 years to get the LS2 built by a Chinese company in 2014 and completed it in 2017. Through the process, the states, powerful external actors, financial institutions, and private sector actors have politicized the LS2 studies, design, and construction. Cambodia, as a weak downstream state, has had to and must continue to position itself strategically in its relationships with these hydro-hegemons to compete for hydropower dam projects and protect its interests. The rise of China has induced the changing relationship between riparian states. Many hydropower dams were built with Chinese funding. Cambodia has also enjoyed its close ties with China, and the building of the LS2 dam by a Chinese company contributes to changing its positions in the Mekong cooperation but suffers environmental and social impacts.
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Swyngedouw, Erik. "The City in a Glass of Water: Circulating Water, Circulating Power." In Social Power and the Urbanization of Water. Oxford University Press, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198233916.003.0013.
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In recent years, an impressive body of work has emerged in the wake of the resurgence of the environmental question on the political agenda, addressing the environmental implications of urban change or issues related to urban sustainability (Haughton and Hunter 1994; Satterthwaite 1999). In many, if not all, of these cases, the environment is defined in terms of a set of ecological criteria pertaining to the physical milieu. Both urban sustainability and the environmental impacts of the urban process are primarily understood in terms of physical environmental conditions and characteristics. We start from a different position. As explored in Chapter 1, urban water circulation and the urban hydrosocial cycle are the vantage points from which the urbanization process will be analysed in this book. In this Chapter, a glass of water will be my symbolic and material entry point into an—admittedly somewhat sketchy—attempt to excavate the political ecology of the urbanization process. If I were to capture some urban water in a glass, retrace the networks that brought it there and follow Ariadne’s thread through the water, ‘I would pass with continuity from the local to the global, from the human to the nonhuman’ (Latour 1993: 121). These flows would narrate many interrelated tales: of social and political actors and the powerful socio-ecological processes that produce urban and regional spaces; of participation and exclusion; of rats and bankers; of water-borne disease and speculation in water industry related futures and options; of chemical, physical, and biological reactions and transformations; of the global hydrological cycle and global warming; of uneven geographical development; of the political lobbying and investment strategies of dam builders; of urban land developers; of the knowledge of engineers; of the passage from river to urban reservoir. In sum, my glass of water embodies multiple tales of the ‘city as a hybrid’. The rhizome of underground and surface water flows, of streams, pipes and networks is a powerful metaphor for processes that are both social and ecological (Kaïka and Swyngedouw 2000). Water is a ‘hybrid’ thing that captures and embodies processes that are simultaneously material, discursive, and symbolic.
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"Environmental and social impacts of dams in India." In Dams: Engineering in a Social and Environmental Context, 388–98. London: ICE Publishing, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/dams2012.57999.0033.
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"Environmental and social impacts of dams and responses to these impacts." In Dams in Japan, 101–49. CRC Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203091869.ch3.
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"Environmental and social impacts of dams and responses to these impacts." In Dams in Japan, 101–49. CRC Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203877357-3.
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Mallick, Rwitabrata, and Shri Prakash Bajpai. "Impact of Social Media on Environmental Awareness." In Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies, 140–49. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5291-8.ch007.
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Social media has become a part and parcel of present day lifestyle. With the advancement in industrialization, science, technology, and globalization various environmental issues are taking place locally and globally. This social media can be utilized as a tool to promote awareness regarding various current environmental issues in a much faster way and to a large mass within a very short span of time. The importance of environmental education in determining the value of social media can be done through interaction between environmental educators and students or common people. People are using social media nowadays to support environmental campaigns and to connect people locally and globally on minor to major environmental issues. It also provides ordinary people with the ability to track the quality of the air, water, climate around them, and then share this data with others. The present chapter will focus some of the advantages of social media over creating environmental awareness and developing connectivity among the people with some examples and case studies.
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Amato, M., L. Doria, L. Fantacci, G. Mazzà, and M. Meghella. "Integrated schemes for social and environmental impact management of large dams." In Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Two Volume Set, 1103–8. CRC Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16818-172.
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"The Impact of the "New FEH" Depth-Duration Frequency Curves on Extreme Floods for the Nant-y-Moch Reservoir in mid-Wales." In Dams: Engineering in a Social and Environmental Context, 406–12. London: ICE Publishing, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/dams2012.57999.0035.
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Bull, Richard, and Monica Pianosi. "Social Media, Participation, and Citizenship." In Analyzing the Strategic Role of Social Networking in Firm Growth and Productivity, 76–94. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0559-4.ch005.
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Social media is a worldwide phenomenon with applications like Facebook and Twitter credited with everything from Obama's 2008 election victory to the Arab Spring. But alongside claims of a social media inspired ‘revolution' lay more nuanced questions around the role and impact of digital tools, smartphones, and social media in ‘every day' contexts. The chapter discusses the role and impact of social media in organisations through two case studies where social media and digital technologies were used to increase energy awareness and environmental citizenship within organisations. Encouraging findings are presented that show the potential of such tools to facilitate change within individuals and organisations yet a cautionary note is offered with regards implementing and measuring such campaigns. Results from the interviews are discussed revealing how claims of social media on participation can be tested, and recommendations offered on how to design interventions for future social media and environmental communication initiatives.
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Bernardino, Angelo F., Erik E. Cordes, and Thomas A. Schlacher. "The natural capital of offshore oil, gas, and methane hydrates in the World Ocean." In Natural Capital and Exploitation of the Deep Ocean, 111–26. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841654.003.0006.
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Over half of the global energy consumption is based on fossil fuels that are now mainly extracted from ocean depths below 150 m. These hydrocarbon reserves are thus a significant natural capital from deep oceans that support human well-being. Technological advances have guided the offshore deep-sea explorations to virtually all major ocean basins with thousands of wells being drilled on the deep seafloor to reach reserves that now support a significant part of the global markets. However, the environmental footprint of the oil and gas industry is significant and arises from regional impacts of regular operations on deep-sea ecosystems, from major disasters, or day-to-day accidents that spill millions of gallons of oil into the oceans each year, and from a significant contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and its climate effects globally. This is despite the general compliance with a wide array of environmental and political regulatory frameworks globally. The contrast from energy and market demand for fossil fuels against a background of environmental costs and impacts into the deep sea as exploration advances has not previously been examined. Here we apply the natural capital concepts of stock value of hydrocarbon reserves and contrast their financial and human value to the social and economic costs of their exploration and social costs from impacts on ecosystem services. We suggest that the economic value of hydrocarbon resources is very limited when compared to its vast environmental costs, supporting the global transition to a green energy strategy.
Conference papers on the topic "Dam social-environmental impacts"
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Singh, Aanya, Rohit Mandavkar, Sanjay Singh, Raunak Prabhu Bhembre, Devansh Jain, and D. DSilva Winfred Rufuss. "Socio-Environmental Impacts of Hydro Power Technology- a Review." In ASME 2021 Power Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/power2021-64157.
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Abstract Renewable energy, is the primary load bearer of a sustainable circular economy and hydropower being one of the earliest forms of it, has a wide application base. With unprecedented situations being faced by the people every day, power consumption patterns and requirements are changing and so are the faces of the leading economies. However, like other renewable strategies it is assayed based on the greenhouse gas emissions during its operation. This unfortunately presents a true but blurry picture. Some of the long-term issues with creating a dam, are soil quality degradation in downstream regions, loss of aquatic life due to high-speed turbine blades, disbalance in the nutrient cycle of aquatic systems, water contamination with machinery oils, displacement of local communities, loss of soil fertility near the site due to drilling and tunnelling, landslides and seismic issues due to excavation of land which loosens the nearby soil cover. Therefore, our goal is to analyze and compile various case studies of hydro power projects throughout the globe which caused some environmental or social disruption in their respective regions and the various steps that were taken by the government or the locals to tackle these problems. Many areas faced seismic problems, environmental degradation, water profile alterations and social displacement. But, by opting for new turbine technologies, fish friendly channel designs and landscaping procedures featuring indigenous vegetation to restore surrounding ecology, those regions were able to amend the problems with their hydropower project.
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Haji, Maha N., Kimberly Lau, and Alice M. Agogino. "Human Power Generation in Fitness Facilities." In ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2010-90195.
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As energy usage across the world continues to rise, there is a strong need to develop new methods for energy conservation and power generation, particularly approaches that have less environmental impacts. Although human power is not ideal in terms of life cycle costs [1], there are promising application areas for human power in emerging regions where electric power is either not available or not affordable [2]. There is also untapped potential for harnessing human power at most fitness facilities. This paper focuses on the feasibility of capturing this energy at fitness facilities, particularly the Recreational Sports Facility (RSF) at University of California, Berkeley, which averages over 2,800 patrons per day. In particular, we estimated that patrons using 28 elliptical machines would supply approximately 10,000 kWh into the electric grid over a year. This amounts to only 0.7% of the RSF’s total energy needs, but is valuable nonetheless. An additional benefit in human power generation is its positive social impact. A survey of the RSF users has evinced remarkable enthusiasm for implementing energy generation technology into the facility, both as a power generation tool and as an educational resource. This paper will also address the social benefits of human power generation technology in the gym.
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Elisabeth, Adriana. "Pengembangan Teknologi Roket." In Seminar Nasional Kebijakan Penerbangan dan Antariksa II. Bogor: In Media, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.30536/p.sinaskpa.ii.2.
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Mengacu pada pesawat antariksa yang mampu mencapai deep space melampaui bulan, planet Mars dan sistem solar atau Orion oleh Lembaga Antariksa Amerika Serikat atau National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), terdapat tiga pelajaran penting yang dapat diambil oleh Indonesia terkait pengembangan teknologi roket nasional: pertama, pengembangan teknologi roket merupakan proses panjang dan berkesinambungan, kedua, pengembangan teknologi roket beserta inovasinya memerlukan dukungan dan ketersediaan dana yang sangat besar, ketiga, pengembangan teknologi perlu ditopang oleh sumber daya manusia (SDM) yang menguasai teknologi roket secara tepat dan juga berbagai keahlian bidang ilmu pengetahuan lain.Untuk mendukung teknologi antariksa, Pemerintah Indonesia telah menetapkan Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 45 Tahun 2017 tentang Rencana Induk Penyelenggaraan Keantariksaan. Urgensi pengembangan teknologi antariksa nasional selain perlu segera direalisasikan, juga bersifa jangka panjang. Hal ini terutama berhubungan dengan pembangunan konektivitas dan koordinasi antarsektor, penataan terpadu lembaga riset dan pengembangan teknologi roket nasional. Science and technology driven di bidang roket harus menjadi prioritas pembangunan nasional, karena ini berhubungan langsung dengan pembangunan sektor maritim, keselamatan jalur perdagangan dan pelayaran, pertanian terkait perubahan iklim, dan lain-lain. Selanjutnya, strategi pengembangan teknologi satelit nasional perlu memperhatikan pendekatan lingkungan dan dampak sosial bagi masyaraka lokal (environmental and social impact assessments), di mana pendekatan ini sebaiknya dilakukan secara terpadu. Sejalan dengan urgensi untuk mengembangkan teknologi satelit nasional, beberapa tantangan yang akan dihadapi oleh Pemerintah Indonesia antara lain terkait komitmen politik Pemrintah yang belum sepenuhnya difokuskan pada pengembangan teknologi ini. Kedua, masalah anggaran riset dan pengembangan yang relatif terbatas. Ketiga, pemahaman masyarakat Indonesia yang relatif minim, bahkan sebagian menentang. Keempat, fokus bisnis masih terbatas pada pemanfaatan belum pada investasi di bidang teknologi canggih untuk membangun kehidupan yang lebih baik.
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MERKYS, Gediminas, Daiva BUBELIENE, and Nijolė ČIUČIULKIENĖ. "SATISFACTION OF RURAL POPULATION WITH PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE REGIONS: ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.154.
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The key idea of the well-being concept strives to answer the question about how well the needs of people in a society are met in different spheres of social life - the physical, economic, social, educational, environmental, emotional, and spiritual – as well as individuals’ evaluations of their own lives and the way that their society operates (Gilbert, Colley, Roberts, 2016). One of the possible suggestions for answering the question: “How well are the needs of people in a society met?” could be the monitoring of citizen’s satisfaction with public services while applying a standardized questionnaire for population covering 193 primary indicators (health, social security, culture, public transport, utilities, environment, recreation and sport, public communication, education, etc). Even 23 indicators are about education that makes educational services a considerable part of all social service system. As the researchers aimed to analyze satisfaction of rural population with public services stressing the education issue, indicators about education dominated in the survey. The data were collected in 2016 - 2017 in 2 regional municipalities: municipalities: Jonava and Radviliskis (N=2368). The results of the analysis demonstrate that rural residents' satisfaction with formal general education services is relatively high. The only negative exception is the "the placement of a child in a pre-school institution based on the place of residence". Furthermore, rural residents poorly evaluated educational services that are related to non-formal education, adult education, the education of children with disabilities, child safety, meaningful xtracurricular activities of children and young people during all day, preventive programs. These major conclusions let the researchers state that local self-governmental institutions are not capable to cope with the quality challenges of some educational services without special intervention policy of the central government and the EU responsible structural units. A negative impact is also reinforced by a rapidly deteriorating demographic situation in Lithuanian rural areas.