2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Towards a social impact model of dam projects: an analysis of compensation for local residents in the planned site over project cancellation
| Project/Area Number |
23730489
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Nagoya City University |
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Principal Investigator |
HAMAMOTO Atsushi 名古屋市立大学, 人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (80457928)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 公共事業 / 生活再建 / 水源地域 / ダム観光 / 被害構造論 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed at conceptualizing a social impact model of dam projects, drawing upon the works in post-war Japan. A social impact analysis of dam construction can be used not just in cases when dam projects have been completed, but also when they have been cancelled. Notwithstanding its wider public concern, the latter has not attracted due academic attention. Therefore, I selected two cases of cancelled dam projects, namely those in Chubu and in Ogawa, to analyze their social impact.
My findings illustrate that those dam projects have caused some adverse impacts on local residents, the severest of which is deprivatiton of their lifetime. By this token, I have identified five elements that are central to establishing a social impact model of dam projects. They are (1) the localities surrounding the planned sites, (2) the re-establishment of livelihood, (3) the development of reservoir areas, (4) the reconsideration of projects, and (5) the cancellation of projects.
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