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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102395
	Are large-scale hydroelectric dams inherently undemocratic?
	García M.A.; Castro-Díaz L.; Villamayor-Tomas S.; Lopez M.C.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	71
英文摘要	Construction of large-scale hydroelectric dams has increased in recent decades in the Global South and emerging economies. Population resettlement is one of the most severe socioeconomic impacts caused by dam construction. Processes aiming to mitigate its impacts and restore livelihoods are often described as inadequate. The resettlement process’ ineffectiveness could be explained by persistent deficiency in citizen participation, which is also a sign of the impacted population not being able to participate in the process affecting their lives. Our research presents a medium-N comparative study showing the pathways explaining deficiency of participation across 23 large-scale hydroelectric dams in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We conducted a fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis based on information from a qualitative meta-analysis and secondary sources. Our results suggest that there are at least two scenarios to explain deficiency in participation. The first scenario includes dams constructed during autocracies, mostly before the release of the World Commission on Dams guidelines. The second scenario involves the largest dams in our analysis, with high economic and political interests at stake built under both autocratic and democratic regimes, despite the presence of what we categorized as effective forms of public opposition to the project and resettlement process. We discuss features that make large hydroelectric dams less participatory or inherently undemocratic in the Global South. © 2021 The Author(s)
关键词	fsQCA Global South Hydroelectric dams Participation Resettlement
语种	英语
scopus关键词	dam; dam construction; participatory approach; social participation; Africa; Asia; Latin America
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249560
作者单位	Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	García M.A.,Castro-Díaz L.,Villamayor-Tomas S.,et al. Are large-scale hydroelectric dams inherently undemocratic?[J],2021,71.
APA	García M.A.,Castro-Díaz L.,Villamayor-Tomas S.,&Lopez M.C..(2021).Are large-scale hydroelectric dams inherently undemocratic?.Global Environmental Change,71.
MLA	García M.A.,et al."Are large-scale hydroelectric dams inherently undemocratic?".Global Environmental Change 71(2021).