Conflicting values and public decision: The Foz Côa case

Ferreiro, Maria de Fátima; Gonçalves, Maria Eduarda; Costa, Ana Cristina

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.10.006

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“…After the discovery during Perceived Impact of the Alqueva Dam 363 the environmental impact assessment of a set of Palaeolithic rock engravings in the Côa Valley which would be submerged by the reservoir, a nationwide broadcasted debate was started between the parties who advocated the construction of the dam and those who defended the preservation and tourism valorization of the engravings in situ. The huge pressure led to the opposition party's candidate in the 1995 parliamentary elections to take a stance against the construction of the Côa dam and, after winning the elections, the party withdrew the project and aborted its construction (Ferreiro et al, 2013). Shortly thereafter, the Côa Valley was listed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1998, in what was the quickest procedure ever for a World Heritage Site classification.…”

Section: Dams and Regional Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perceived Impact of the Alqueva Dam on Regional Tourism Development

Dias-Sardinha

Ross

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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The paper studies the impact of the Alqueva Multi-Purpose Dam on the Alentejo region (Portugal), focusing on tourism development. In 2002, the Alqueva dam originated the largest artificial lake in Europe and was widely believed to bring a great number of benefits for the region by creating conditions for intensive irrigated farming and enhancing a new tourism destination in interior Portugal. The aim of this study is to assess to what degree the latter has been achieved. Interviews were held with 35 local and regional stakeholders of the tourism and cultural heritage sectors to understand their perception regarding the changes that occurred in the regional tourism industry since the dam's construction. Findings show that, against initial expectations, the tourism industry is still largely underdeveloped, partly due to a lack of investment and an inadequate tourism planning model. Furthermore, conflicts were observed concerning the balance between the value of the traditional montado landscape for tourism and irrigated farming development.

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Section: Dams and Regional Developmentmentioning

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“…However, in these cases tourism development is frequently associated as a secondary benefit which can accrue from the enterprise, and as such is often defended by maximizing positive impacts in disregard to negative impacts (Ferreiro, Gonçalves, & Costa, 2013).…”

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Perceived Impact of the Alqueva Dam on Regional Tourism Development

Dias-Sardinha

Ross

2014

Tourism Planning & Development

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“…The practice of archaeology has been changing during recent decades, turning more and more to the rescue intervention related to development expansion and the prevention and mitigation of impacts of large construction projects. Since the drafting of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) European Directive in 1985 andthe 1987 Environmental Law, in Portugal, it is required that the project for the construction of large building works include in the EIA the evaluation and recording of the archaeological heritage to be affected by the construction before it is destroyed (Ferreiro, Gonçalves, and Costa, 2013).…”

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Rescue archaeology heritage valuation in Europe's largest dam - Alqueva: ex-situ products as elements of creative tourism

Dias-Sardinha¹,

Ross²,

Loureiro³

2014

PASOS

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The study aims to determine how the knowledge obtained from the study of prehistoric heritage found during the construction of the Alqueva dam and irrigation system (Portugal) can enhance the current tourist experience of the destination. A new approach is necessary given the inaccessibility of the archaeological remains, thus creative tourism and experience economy frame the theoretical basis of this paper. Semi-directed interviews were carried out to 35 tourism stakeholders in order to assess their view of the regional tourism experience, their interest in ex-situ and virtual products based on the archaeological knowledge and how these may add to the Alqueva destination. Findings show that stakeholders are still firmly attached to the conventional approach to archaeology but that, even though unaware of the archaeological findings, they believe that they could benefit from the introduction of creative products as a way of complementing the current offer.

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“…In public decision-making and policy, value conflicts and (in)commensurability have been addressed from a pluralistic perspective with a focus on how deliberation may intelligently cope with conflicts without concealing or suppressing them by commensuration (Aldred, 2006;Ferreiro et al, 2013;Foster, 1997;Martinez-Allier, 1998;Munda, 2004;O'Neill et al, 2008;Thacher and Rein, 2004;Trainor, 2006).…”

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“…In fact, there was an important precedent. In 1995, the building of another dam at Foz C a was reversed by a broad social movement opposed to the submersion of early historical etchings (Ferreiro et al, 2013). 8 ICOMOS is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of the world s monuments and sites (www.icomos.org).…”

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The Building of a Dam: Value Conflicts in Public Decision-Making

Costa¹,

Caldas²,

Coelho³

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Public decisions concerning large projects with detrimental environmental or heritage impacts involve value conflicts which stem from the diverse interests and variety of ways of evaluating the costs and benefits of such projects. They are also framed by institutionalized procedures and practices which favour certain concerns to the detriment of others. This paper aims to contribute towards a better understanding of how these procedures and practices, namely decision support tools such as the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), tend to shape public decision-making processes in particular ways. It draws on a study of the public

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Conflicting values and public decision: The Foz Côa case

Cited by 11 publications

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Perceived Impact of the Alqueva Dam on Regional Tourism Development

Perceived Impact of the Alqueva Dam on Regional Tourism Development

Rescue archaeology heritage valuation in Europe's largest dam - Alqueva: ex-situ products as elements of creative tourism

The Building of a Dam: Value Conflicts in Public Decision-Making

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