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Evolution of Dam Policies : Evidence from the Big Hydropower States by WALTINA SCHEUMANN, Waltina Scheumann, Oliver Hensengerth, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik,, University of Northumbria at Newcastle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The World Commission on Dams' (WCD) report (2000) {esc}(3z{esc}(BDams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making{esc}(3y{esc}(B has set a landmark in the highly contested controversy over large dams which has yet not ended. Now that more than ten years passed, one has to realize that the WCD norms matter but that their real chance of getting implemented relies on whether their core values, strategic priorities and guidelines are accepted by national decision-makers and are translated into official policies and practices. With the liberalization and deregulation of the energy sector, new actors such as private investors come into play, and new regulatory bodies were created. Furthermore, international financial institutions had reduced their commitment to dam building during the 1990s but are slowly re-engaging in the dam business in order to facilitate a low carbon development path (hydropower being one component in the renewable energy mix). Stricter international norms and the change of actors that resulted in changes of decision-making structures has forced the international environment movement to adjust its political strategies. Therefore we were particularly interes

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Author

WALTINA SCHEUMANN, Waltina Scheumann, Oliver Hensengerth, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik,, University of Northumbria at Newcastle

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9783642234026

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social_sciences