Participation with a punch: Community referenda on dam projects and the right to free, prior, and informed consent to development

Water Alternatives

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-184

  McGee, Brant ^a  

^a Environmental Defender Law Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Dams; Free; Indigenous rights; Informed consent (FPIC); Prior; Referenda

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REFERENDUM; RELIGION; SUBSISTENCE; VIOLENCE;

LATIN AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956641694     PISSN: 19650175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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