Perceptions of impacts, public participation, and learning in the planning, assessment and mitigation of two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, India

Land Use Policy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-182

  Diduck, Alan Paul ^a   Pratap, Dinesh ^b   Sinclair, A John ^c   Deane, Sarra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b DAV PG College   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydroelectric development; Perceptions of impacts; Public participation; Sustainability learning; Transformative learning; Uttarakhand

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LEARNING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHAMOLI; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84873277153     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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