Turning Hydropower Social Where Global Sustainability ConventionsMatter /

• Main Author: Hjort-af-Ornas, Anders (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Water pollution.; Environmental Management.; Nature Conservation.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

This book concerns footprints of the international environmental conventions in action. Hydropower projects have been selected as test case. The study is based on participatory research into a number of cases where implementation needs to meet new data requirements made by policy makers. It is not a...

Table of Contents:

• Sustainable Development Issues in Hydropower Planning
• Social Catchments of Hydropower
• Hydropower and Regional Development for Poverty Reduction
• Decentralisation and a Rights Approach in Hydropower Development
• Hydropower Implementation Performance for Sustainable Development.