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Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: the Nam Mang 3 Project in Laos

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Title Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: the Nam Mang 3 Project in Laos
 
Creator Sayatham, M.
Suhardiman, Diana
 
Subject water power
economic development
living standards
reconstruction
compensation
households
income
development projects
environmental impact
natural resources
dams
villages
fisheries
agriculture
land use
food security
case studies
 
Description Mekong hydropower is developing rapidly. Laos is at the forefront of this development. While hydropower development supports the country’s economic growth, many observers have highlighted the potential negative impacts for people’s livelihoods. Taking the Nam Mang 3 hydropower project as a case study, we examine the impacts of hydropower development on farming households of differing livelihood assets and resources, and how they have responded to these impacts. Linking livelihood asset substitution with livelihood outcomes, we examine factors constraining livelihood adaptation and how these shape rural households’ strategies to cope with socioeconomic and environmental impacts from hydropower development. We conclude that while asset substitution generally can improve people’s livelihoods, access to land continues to play an important role in the process of livelihood reconstruction and the shaping of livelihood outcomes.
 
Date 2015-06
2016-11-01T13:39:35Z
2016-11-01T13:39:35Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sayatham, M.; Suhardiman, Diana. 2015. Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: the Nam Mang 3 Project in Laos. Water Resources and Rural Development, 5:17-30. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2015.01.001
2212-6082
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77503
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wrr.2015.01.001
Managing Resource Variability and Competing Use
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Elsevier BV