Examples of coupled human and environmental systems from the extractive industry and hydropower sector interfaces.

ABSTRACT: Large-scale corporate projects, particularly those in extractive industries or hydropower development, have a history from early in the twentieth century of creating negative environmental, social, and health impacts on communities proximal to their operations. In many instances, especially for hydropower projects, the forced resettlement of entire communities was a feature in which local cultures and core human rights were severely impacted. These projects triggered an activist opposition that progressively expanded and became influential at both the host community level and with multilateral financial institutions. In parallel to, and spurred by, this activism, a shift occurred in 1969 with the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act in the United States, which required Environm

SUBMITTER: Castro MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5187694 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature