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"Hydropower generation by construction of large dams attracts considerable attention as a feasible renewable energy source to meet the power demand in Asian cities. However, large dam development projects cause involuntary resettlement. Of the world's forty to eighty million resettlers, many resettlers have been unable to rebuild their livelihood after relocation and have become impoverished. This book uniquely explores the long-term impacts of displacement and resettlement. It shows that long-term post-project evaluation is necessary to assess the rehabilitation and livelihood reconstruction of resettlers after relocation. It focuses on large dam projects in a number of Asian countries, including Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, which are often ignored in Displacement studies in favour of China or India. Drawing on a wealth of empirical data over ten years, it presents crucial factors for successful resettlement by analysing lessons learned. The range of countries allow for a diverse and complex set of factors and outcomes to be analysed. Many of the factors for successful resettlement recur despite the cases being different in implementation period and location. The book presents highly original findings gathered by local researchers in the field directly talking to resettlers who were relocated more than a decade ago. The book suggests a new paradigm of resettlement for resettlers to attain long-term sustainable livelihoods. This original book is a unique resource for researchers and postgraduate students of development studies, environment, geography, sociology and anthropology. It also makes policy recommendations for future resettlement programs that are of great value to development policy makers, planners, water resources engineers and civil society protest groups"--

"Hydropower generation by construction of large dams attracts considerable attention as a feasible renewable energy source to meet the power demand in Asian cities. However, large dam development projects cause involuntary resettlement. Of the world's forty to eighty million resettlers, many resettlers have been unable to rebuild their livelihood after relocation and have become impoverished. This book uniquely explores the long-term impacts of displacement and resettlement. It shows that long-term post-project evaluation is necessary to assess the rehabilitation and livelihood reconstruction of resettlers after relocation. It focuses on large dam projects in a number of Asian countries, including Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Turkey, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, which are often ignored in Displacement studies in favour of China or India. Drawing on a wealth of empirical data over ten years, it presents crucial factors for successful resettlement by analysing lessons learned. The range of countries allow for a diverse and complex set of factors and outcomes to be analysed. Many of the factors for successful resettlement recur despite the cases being different in implementation period and location. The book presents highly original findings gathered by local researchers in the field directly talking to resettlers who were relocated more than a decade ago. The book suggests a new paradigm of resettlement for resettlers to attain long-term sustainable livelihoods. This original book is a unique resource for researchers and postgraduate students of development studies, environment, geography, sociology and anthropology. It also makes policy recommendations for future resettlement programs that are of great value to development policy makers, planners, water resources engineers and civil society protest groups"--

The feasibility of the project called IceLink is now being examined, which entails laying 800–1,200 MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine cables over 1,000 km and transmitting over 5 TWh per annum. This project will meet the growing demand in Europe for electricity derived from renewable energy sources, though there exists a relatively high degree of potential risks (e.g., financial risk due to the lingering affect of the financial crisis). This study aims to examine the effectiveness of public financial support for the project by using a quantitative analysis as well as discussing public financial support as a possible measure to fill the viability gap. The simulation results imply that the project is unfeasible unless there is public financial support. In the light of the public nature of the project and its promotion of green power, public financial support may be acceptable. It can thus be said that public financial support will be effective for this project. Also, the sensitivity analysis results show break-even points for three major parameters:—WACC, wholesale power price, and CAPEX—to NPV. Furthermore, the corresponding public financial supports—concessional loans provided by public financial institutions, applying for the feed-in tariff (FiT) system in the UK, and receiving a government subsidy for initial investment—are discussed as potential measures to fill the viability gap. In order to have a feasible project, it is essential to introduce one or more effective measures of public financial support.

Die sozialen Folgen eines Staudammprojekts in Indonesien und des Baus eines Kohlekraftwerks auf den Philippinen werden analysiert. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Einstellungen der Bevölkerung zu der mit dem Bau verbundenen Zwangsumsiedlung. Diese wurden geprägt von der Informationspolitik der Regierung, der Berücksichtigung der Wünsche der Bevölkerung, von der Höhe der Entschädigungen, von Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten, Infrastrukturverbesserungen und Umweltschutzaspekten. (DSE/DÜI)

Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of ""water wars,"" shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building. Indeed, water management plays a singularly important role in rebuilding trust after conflict and in preventing a return to conflict.Featuring nineteen case studies and analyses of experiences from twenty eight countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, and drawing on the experiences of thirty-five researchers and practitioners from around the

This paper assesses the influence of two reports, "The Limits to Growth" and "The Global 2000 Report to the President—Entering the Twenty-First Century," on environmental governance in the United States. Published in 1972 and 1980, respectively, both reports used different methodologies to project changes to the global environment, but reached similar conclusions: business-as-usual economic growth was unsustainable and would lead to the collapse Earth's life-support systems in the 21st century. Relying on eight oral interviews conducted with experienced and influential persons from environmental NGOs, academia, and the U.S. government, supplemented by a systematic literature review, this analysis finds Limits and Global 2000 had a limited influence on U.S. environmental governance. The reports contributed to greater awareness of the need for sustainable growth, especially among environmentalists, the U.S. government, and the business community; introduced system dynamics and computer modeling to the environmental policymaking process; and directly catalyzed some policy development, particularly in the context of international environmental negotiations. Despite these achievements, Limits and Global 2000 could not catalyze movement toward sustainable development at sufficient scale. The reports' recommendations were rebuffed by the hostile political agenda of the Reagan Administration, their proponents frustrated by policymaking tools ill-suited to long-term system-level decisionmaking, and their message subsumed by the drive for short-term economic growth. The reports' projections remain largely valid, but decisionmakers have long dismissed them as irrelevant.