Today's polarization of society "for" and "against" big hydroprojects relates to environmental costs, particularly those borne by vulnerable ethnic minorities and the poor; such costs include societal deracination, species extinctions and loss of habitats. Affected people are aggrieved if the least damaging solution to nationally agreed on power needs is not selected. This counter-productive polarization can be reconciled by transparency of planning...
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1994/05/31
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Document de travail sur l’environnement
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ENV67
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2019/06/27
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Disclosed
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Ethical priorities in environmentally sustainable energy systems : the case of tropical hydropower
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long run marginal cost