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Dam construction project will bring benefits to people, especially for those who live in the dry area. Pragmatically, government policy to build a dam in a dry area was a wise decision. However, this was curious if the citizens rejected the policy. The phenomenon occurred in Indonesia. This study examined the phenomenon that has happened in Kupang, as a dry city in Indonesia. The aims of this study were to reveal Kupang city government policy related to dam construction project and to reveal factors that caused Kupang citizens rejected the policy. Method applied in this research was a descriptive qualitative method, while the basic theory of this research was public policy theory. The result showed that policy of Kupang City government was rejected because of the weakness of government social approach system itself.

Alle Hoffnungen der Ungarn, daß sich in der Slowakei mit dem Entstehen einer demokratischen Öffentlichkeit zugleich eine massenhafte Opposition gegen das Gabcikovo-Nagymaros-Staudamm-Projekt herausbilden würde, haben sich als Fehlannahme erwiesen. Ende Mai 1992 wurde der 1977 zwischen Ungarn und er CSFR geschlossene Vertrag schließlich von ungarischer Seite annulliert. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die tschechoslowakisch-ungarischen bzw. slowakisch-ungarischen Verhandlungen über das Staudamm-Projekt von 1990 bis 1992 und analysiert die Ursachen für die unterschiedliche Haltung der ungarischen und slowakischen Regierungen und Bevölkerungen zu dem Projekt. (BIOst-Srt)

Hydropower power dam development is a booming industry in Laos and it has the potential to tackle poverty in an environmentally sustainable way. However, currently there is a lack of research that thoroughly analyses the negative impacts of a hydropower dam's construction phase. This research explores some of these negative impacts of hydropower dam construction on downstream villagers by using the Xayabouly hydropower dam on the Mekong River as a case study. Understanding the impacts of the construction phase is vital in forming policy and developing effective strategies to mitigate future negative impacts from dam construction. This thesis employs a qualitative approach and semi-structured interviews were conducted with downstream villagers about these negative impacts. This research is based on a pragmatist epistemology and employs the matrix conceptual framework to guide this thesis. The results from this study show that the Xayabouly hydropower dam's construction phase has many negative impacts on downstream villagers' daily lives. For example, the construction phase has caused irregular flooding, which has destroyed downstream villagers' agricultural gardens and riverbank erosion has also occurred. Moreover, the results from this thesis show that the construction phase of this dam significantly reduced villagers' income and nutrition consumption. The construction phase also created significant problems with regards to daily commuting and damaged fishing gear. These results offer important recommendations and implications, which have the potential to inform government policy in the future and to help develop strategies to mitigate the social and economic impacts from future hydropower dam construction in Laos.

This article presents a critical discussion on issues relating to the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam Complex (UHE Belo Monte) construction in the region of Altamira, State of Para, Brazil. The discussion is carried out by an analysis on the development and relevant policy effects over social struggles from traditional peoples against the Belo Monte Dam construction. From this discussion, I point out to both civilizational potential and barbarian dimension involved in the Belo Monte construction, emphasizing that only popular mobilization can partly turn losses into social gains. Within this context, the traditional communities reinvent themselves face to the impacts of the work, incorporating new dimensions in order to conserve goods, knowledge, and ways of life.

The study analyses the role of Chinese companies and financing institutions and Ghanaian governmental agencies in planning and constructing the Bui Dam. The analysis focuses on the division of responsibilities between Sinohydro and China Exim Bank on the one side and the Ghanaian government on the other side. The findings show that environmental and resettlement planning for Bui was commissioned and financed by the Government of Ghana without Sinohydro's involvement. The obligation of the firm is to abide by the environmental regulations that are monitored by the regulatory authorities. The role of Sinohydro consists in building the dam, maintaining the construction site, contracting workers, and providing for workers' health and safety. The firm has no role in resettlement, which is carried out by the Bui Power Authority. While there is clear evidence that the Bui Power Authority does not follow the recommendations of the Resettlement Planning Framework, Sinohydro appears to abide largely by the conditions set out in the Environmental Impact Assessment study whose implementation is monitored by the Ghanaian Environmental Protection Agency and the Ghanaian Water Resources Commission.

The food may cause serious loss of life and property. The evaluation of food events is necessary for the planning and design of engineering projects. In a dam, food problems should be considered for both upstream and downstream conditions. The characteristics of food problems can be derived from observation of dam sites. Tis paper aims to evaluate the impact of food hazards from spillway based on downstream conditions after dam construction. Also, the paper discusses downstream food problems depending on stream characteristics in an example dam site. In results, three reasons are determined for downstream foods problems: control problems of spillway gates, the naturally developing vegetation through channel flow line and incompetence of stream cross-section for carrying of food flows. Therefore, downstream conditions should be investigated before dam construction. Tis investigation can be considered in the planning phase. In addition, the cross-section and longitudinal profile of stream should be controlled via maintenance of stream after dam construction. In stream cross-section problems (such as vegetation, incompetence and irregularities), some modifications (e.g. straighten, deepen, and widen) can be applied with engineering works. First published online: 18 Mar 2014

The food may cause serious loss of life and property. The evaluation of food events is necessary for the planning and design of engineering projects. In a dam, food problems should be considered for both upstream and downstream conditions. The characteristics of food problems can be derived from observation of dam sites. Tis paper aims to evaluate the impact of food hazards from spillway based on downstream conditions after dam construction. Also, the paper discusses downstream food problems depending on stream characteristics in an example dam site. In results, three reasons are determined for downstream foods problems: control problems of spillway gates, the naturally developing vegetation through channel flow line and incompetence of stream cross-section for carrying of food flows. Therefore, downstream conditions should be investigated before dam construction. Tis investigation can be considered in the planning phase. In addition, the cross-section and longitudinal profile of stream should be controlled via maintenance of stream after dam construction. In stream cross-section problems (such as vegetation, incompetence and irregularities), some modifications (e.g. straighten, deepen, and widen) can be applied with engineering works. First published online: 18 Mar 2014

The strategic program of the Republic of Indonesia's Government is stated in the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) for 2020 – 2024.One of its targetisconstruction of eighteen (18) multipurpose dams. Pasir Kopo Dam is included in the RPJMN target and its expected to provide raw water supply, irrigation water, and increase the potential for electrical energy through Micro-Hydro Power Plant (PLTMH). However, the dam construction requires a huge project costs which can't be handled solely by State Budget (APBN). There is funding gap in State Budget for financing the dam construction, so another financing alternative is needed. Public Private Partnership (PPP)is an alternative financing scheme for dam construction. PPP is influenced by economic feasibility analysis and identification of influential project risks. The selection of an investment-worthy PPP Scheme in the Pasir Kopo Dam Development Project is expected to be mutually beneficial for all parties involved in the cooperation.

The limited government budget for the construction of small dam in Semarang Regency has led to the need to determine the construction priorities. However, the large number of construction's technical aspects causes the determination of the construction priorities to be difficult. One of the best methods for multi-criteria decision making is the Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). However, ranking and weighting of the criteria that use in these constructions were difficult. It was caused by human assessment factors that were less precise especially on linguistic variables criteria. Therefore, a fuzzy logic was needed for calculating these criteria. There are eight alternatives of small dams and seven criteria of technical aspects analyzed in this study. The first step was determining membership function and weighting each criteria. Then, TOPSIS method was applied to ranked eight alternatives. The highest priority was determined by finding alternative that has the largest closeness coefficient (CCi). It represents alternative with closest distance to fuzzy positive ideal solution and farthest distance to fuzzy negative ideal solution. Based on analysis, Mluweh Dams has the highest CCi value of 0.612. It could be concluded that Mluweh Dams is the highest construction priority of small dams in Semarang Regency.