Development for Whom? Rural to Urban Resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China

Wilmsen, Brooke; Webber, Michael; Duan, Yuefang

doi:10.1080/10357823.2011.552707

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“…We acknowledge that SL's omission of flood control impacts may not always lead to an omission of flood control impacts in SL's empirical application. For instance, Wilmsen et al (2011b)-utilizing (inter alia) SL -discuss flood control benefits of the Three Gorges Dam in their analysis.…”

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The social impacts of dams: A new framework for scholarly analysis

Kirchherr

Charles

2016

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f oNo commonly used framework exists in the scholarly study of the social impacts of dams. This hinders comparisons of analyses and thus the accumulation of knowledge. The aim of this paper is to unify scholarly understanding of dams' social impacts via the analysis and aggregation of the various frameworks currently used in the scholarly literature. For this purpose, we have systematically analyzed and aggregated 27 frameworks employed by academics analyzing dams' social impacts (found in a set of 217 articles). A key finding of the analysis is that currently used frameworks are often not specific to dams and thus omit key impacts associated with them. The result of our analysis and aggregation is a new framework for scholarly analysis (which we call 'matrix framework') specifically on dams' social impacts, with space, time and value as its key dimensions as well as infrastructure, community and livelihood as its key components. Building on the scholarly understanding of this topic enables us to conceptualize the inherently complex and multidimensional issues of dams' social impacts in a holistic manner. If commonly employed in academia (and possibly in practice), this framework would enable more transparent assessment and comparison of projects.

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Section: Incomprehensivelistofsocialimpactsmentioning

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The social impacts of dams: A new framework for scholarly analysis

Kirchherr

Charles

2016

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“…Its construction aimed or destroys rare and precious trees in violation of the provisions of this Law shall be investigated of criminal liability according to law". to reduce the flood hazard, to generate an adequate electricity amount to meet the industrial and domestic demand in Eastern and Central China and to improve navigation along the Yangtze River (Wilmsen et al, 2011). Different international ENGOs have intervened in the area in order to safeguard animal species survival and to moderate hydroelectric dams' environmental impact.…”

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International ENGOs in China: a Significant Presence and a Fast-Changing Reality

Volpe

2018

Sinología hispánica

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Received:Revised:Accepted:Sinologia Hispanica, China Studies Review,5, 2 (2017), pp. 113-148September 2017November 2017Devember 2017The paper examines the impact that international ENGOs have had on Chinese environment situation and the implication of the Law of People’s Republic of China on the Administration of the Activities of Overseas Nongovernmental Organisations in Mainland China. Based on the review of historical profile of NGOs and their enhanced role within the international politics, the paper analyzes China’s leadership evolutionary behaviour in international climate change conferences and investigates the international ENGOs’ current status, strategies and projects in China. The paper argues that international ENGOs have had a positive, even if limited, impact in protecting Chinese environment and in supporting Chinese civil society to emerge and strengthening the public participation and awareness. It also argues that, the implementation of the new law certainly puts international NGOs under higher scrutiny; however, further implications are, to date, only partially predictable.

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“…Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR) has gained increasing attention by media, development circles, civil society, donor countries and national policymakers throughout Asia, particularly triggered by well-publicized cases of civil resistance (e.g., to the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India; Maitra 2009) and to the Monywa Copper Mine in Myanmar (Zerrouk and Neef 2014)), by the enormous scale of environmental and socioeconomic disruption, for example, that posed by the Three Gorges Dam in China (Wilmsen et al 2011;Wang et al 2013) and by politically charged transboundary controversies and conflicts (e.g., over the impacts of dam construction in the Mekong River Basin; Tilt et al 2009;Middleton et al 2009;Zhang et al 2013). In the Pacific region, mining, tourism and logging are among the major factors that have caused involuntary resettlement and dispossession of community land (e.g., Banks et al 2013 for the case of the mining sector in Papua New Guinea; Wittersheim 2011 for the case of tourism in Vanuatu; Hameiri 2012 for the case of large-scale logging in the Solomon Islands).…”

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Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper

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Keywords:environmental sustainability / environmental management / ecological factors / biodiversity / living standards / water security / energy conservation / food security / climate change / temperature / precipitation / cyclones / agriculture / farmland / demography / urbanization / sociocultural environment / gender / community management / institutions / political aspects / remote sensing / natural disasters / monitoring / sustainable development / assessment / Southeast Asia / Oceania Copyright ©2014 by IWMI. All rights reserved. IWMI encourages the use of its material provided that the organization is acknowledged and kept informed in all such instances. Please direct inquiries and comments to: IWMI-Publications@cgiar.org A free copy of this publication can be downloaded at: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/publications/other-publication-types/environmental-livelihoodsecurity-south-east-asia-oceania/ Environmental Livelihood Security in Southeast Asia and Oceania iii AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge the incredibly positive and insightful comments from three anonymous reviewers whose insight has enabled us to strengthen the content of this paper. We would also like to thank Dr. Guy Boggs (Wheatbelt Natural Resource Management) and Dr. Nik Callow (The University of Western Australia) for their voluntary assistance during our workshop. International Water Management Institute (IWMI)University of Southampton, UK List of Tables Table 1. Share of Pacific economies dependent on natural resources (GDP share by sector, %) 19 Table 2. The planetary boundaries 22 Table 3. Summary of the range of units which can be assessed for security and potential threats to their security 39 Table 4. Features of the most popular participatory approaches to research and development 56 Table 5. Guiding questions applied to the mountain pine beetle epidemic case 65 Table 6. Trial indicators chosen for the capital assets for the three field sites 66 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis document addresses the need for explicit inclusion of livelihoods within the environment nexus (water-energy-food security), not only responding to literature gaps but also addressing emerging dialogue from existing nexus consortia. We present the first conceptualization of 'environmental livelihood security' , which combines the nexus perspective with sustainable livelihoods. The geographical focus of this paper is Southeast Asia and Oceania, a region currently wrought by the impacts of a changing climate. Climate change is the primary external forcing mechanism on the environmental livelihood security of communities in Southeast Asia and Oceania which, therefore, forms the applied crux of this paper. Finally, we provide a primer for using geospatial information to develop a spatial framework to enable geographical assessment of environmental livelihood security across the region. We conclude by linking the value of this research to ongoing sustainable development discussions, and for influencing policy agendas. The paper is split into three main parts: P...

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Development for Whom? Rural to Urban Resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China

Cited by 88 publications

References 21 publications

The social impacts of dams: A new framework for scholarly analysis

The social impacts of dams: A new framework for scholarly analysis

International ENGOs in China: a Significant Presence and a Fast-Changing Reality

Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change. White paper

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