Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project: Social Issues and Engineering Design

P. E. Jones; J. C. Ackers; A. Chaudhury; Philip Jones

Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project: Social Issues and Engineering Design

P. E. Jones, J. C. Ackers, A. Chaudhury, Philip Jones

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Abstract

"The Ghazi-Barotha hydropower project in Pakistan is one of the largest currently under construction worldwide. The project demonstrates the capacity of engineers and social scientists to work together to avoid severe social impacts, with social considerations factored into the project design from the pre-feasibility stage. It was the first such project to integrate World Bank Operational Directives on resettlement and cultural properties into project design. The Resettlement Action Plan was regarded as the standard for 'world best practice' and continues to influence the design of projects elsewhere in the developing world. Well before the work of the World Commission on Dams, the design of the project covered many of the criteria and guidelines presented in their report, Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making ."--Synposis

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Reservoirs in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the BDS held at Trinity College, Dublin, 4-8 September 2002
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

hydropower
dams
Pakistan
dam design
resettlement

Disciplines

Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
Environmental Design
Near and Middle Eastern Studies

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