Equity-based Natural Resource Allocation for Infrastructure Development: Evidence From Large Hydropower Dams in Africa and Asia

Siciliano, Giuseppina; Urban, Florian

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.12.034

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“…Local people affected by the dam may be having different views on the socio‐economic impacts of the dam project and whether or not they felt adequately compensated. Previous research of some of the authors suggests that there is often a large gap between the perceived realities of local people affected by dams and the perceived realities of project developers, planners, and policymakers (Siciliano et al, ; Siciliano & Urban, ).…”

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Green transformations in Vietnam's energy sector

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Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Vietnam has experienced rapid economic growth over the past few decades, as well as growing environmental pressures. The country is therefore pursuing strategies for green transformations, which are the processes of restructuring to bring economies and societies within the planetary boundaries. This article addresses the opportunities, barriers, and trade‐offs for green transformations in Vietnam's energy sector and examines them from an energy justice perspective. The article draws on in‐depths expert interviews with representatives from government agencies, private firms, academic institutions, and multilateral institutions in Vietnam. The article finds that Vietnam is undergoing efforts to move away from business as usual by promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, as well as aligning energy and climate plans with national development priorities such as energy security and economic growth. Yet there is a need for more coordinated, integrated approaches and policies that span across the 3 areas that address green transformations in Vietnam: green growth, sustainable development, and climate change. Finally, although key actors seem to be aware and may be critical of major trade‐offs such as land grabs for energy projects, the impacts on affected people need to be better understood and mitigated.

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“…Despite their importance for energy access, important moral repercussions include protection of the river ecosystem and distributive justice, particularly with respect to the effects on downstream water supply and the fair distribution of water along the entire river basin. Studying three large hydropower dams in Cambodia, Malaysia, and Ghana, Siciliano and Urban [69] investigate the dams' impacts on local communities with respect to procedural and distributive justice in the allocation of natural resources between competing users and land uses. From a distributive perspective, their findings reveal that beneficiaries of the dam are the dam builders, recipients of electricity in urban areas, and national governments because of improved energy access statistics on a national level.…”

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Understanding the role of values in institutional change: the case of the energy transition

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The current transition towards low-carbon energy systems does not only involve changes in technologies but is also shaped by changes in the rules and regulations (i.e., the institutions) that govern energy systems. Institutional change can be influenced by changes in core values-normative principles such as affordability, security of supply, and sustainability. Analyzing this influence, however, has been hindered by the absence of a structured framework that highlights the role of values in institutional change processes. This paper presents an interdisciplinary framework explicating how values influence institutional change in the case of the energy transition. We build on a dynamic framework for institutional change that combines the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework with the concept of social learning. This basic analytical framework is expanded by conceptualizations of values in moral philosophy, institutional economics, and social psychology. Our framework offers researchers and policy makers an analytical tool to identify how values are embedded in infrastructure and existing regulation and how values shape communities and behavior. It explains how value controversies can trigger social learning processes that eventually can result in structural change. Thus, this framework allows analyzing institutional change over time as well as comparing change patterns across spatial and temporal contexts.

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“…Parte das conexões das usinas hidrelétricas com os municípios também pode assumir característica negativa e atuar contrariamente à indução de melhores desempenhos de desenvolvimento local, como é o caso do desaparecimento de todas as outras formas de uso da terra em função da formação do reservatório, afetando modos de vida, acesso a alimentação e atividades econômicas locais (Vainer & Araújo, 1992;WCD, 2000;Bortoletto, 2001;Altinbilek, 2002;Zhouri & Oliveira, 2007;Bermann, 2007;Vainer, 2007;Souza, 2008;Siciliano & Urban, 2017).…”

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Usinas Hidrelétricas e Desenvolvimento Municipal: O Caso das Usinas Hidrelétricas do Complexo Pelotas-Uruguai

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RESUMOUsinas hidrelétricas são empreendimentos centrais na estratégia de crescimento econômico brasileiro e são prioritárias nos planos de expansão da oferta de energia elétrica, suprindo o abastecimento doméstico e industrial na escala nacional. Por outro lado, evidências científicas sustentam que grande parte dos impactos negativos decorrentes da implantação e operação das usinas hidrelétricas ocorre nas escalas locais e regionais, ainda que o Governo Federal empregue a justificativa de que elas sejam indutoras de desenvolvimento nas regiões afetadas. Considerando que ainda não existem evidências empíricas suficientes de que usinas hidrelétricas induzam desenvolvimento nas escalas local e regional, este trabalho objetivou verificar essa associação considerando-se os desempenhos de desenvolvimento dos municípios afetados pelas usinas hidrelétricas de Itá, Barra Grande, Machadinho e Campos Novos, localizadas nos rios Pelotas e Uruguai, entre Santa Catarina e Rio Grande do Sul, no período de 2000 a 2010. Para isso, os municípios afetados por essas usinas hidrelétricas foram comparados estatisticamente com os demais municípios da mesma bacia hidrográfica por meio de 37 indicadores sociais, econômicos e ambientais. Os resultados obtidos demonstram que os municípios que sediam as casas de força (e por isso recebem mais recursos) apresentaram um aumento mais expressivo no tamanho de suas economias internas, acompanhado de aumento das desigualdades, trabalho infantil e lançamentos de esgotos, indicando que as usinas hidrelétricas estão associadas ao crescimento das economias municipais dos municípios sede das usinas, sem que esse crescimento esteja sendo aproveitado para mitigar o aumento da desigualdade e dos problemas ambientais.

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Equity-based Natural Resource Allocation for Infrastructure Development: Evidence From Large Hydropower Dams in Africa and Asia

Cited by 45 publications

References 34 publications

Green transformations in Vietnam's energy sector

Green transformations in Vietnam's energy sector

Understanding the role of values in institutional change: the case of the energy transition

Usinas Hidrelétricas e Desenvolvimento Municipal: O Caso das Usinas Hidrelétricas do Complexo Pelotas-Uruguai

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