Evolution of Dam Policies Evidence from the Big Hydropower States /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scheumann, Waltina (Editor), Hensengerth, Oliver (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Geography.; Renewable energy resources.; Political science.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Political Science.; Renewable and Green Energy.

The World Commission on Dams’ (WCD) report (2000) “Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making” 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 the...