Living in the shadow of the large dams : long term responses of downstream and lakeside communities of Ghana's Volta River Project /

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Studies of populations affected by large dams are usually about physically displaced and resettled communities. This book on the Volta River Project breaks with the mould and tackles the long term environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams and the livelihood responses of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tsikata, Dzodzi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:African social studies series ; v. 11,
Temas:
Volta River Project (Ghana)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history
Economic policy
Social conditions
Sozialer Wandel
Lebensunterhalt
Staudamm
Volta River Valley (Ghana) > Economic conditions.
Volta River Valley (Ghana) > Social conditions.
Ghana > Economic policy.
Volta, Vallée de la (Ghāna) > Conditions économiques.
Volta, Vallée de la (Ghāna) > Conditions sociales.
Ghana
Ghana > Volta River Valley
Volta > Fluss
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""CHANGES IN THE GHANAIAN CURRENCY (1958â€?2002)""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION""; ""2. The National Context""; ""3. The Conceptual Framework and Research Methods""; ""4. The Booksâ€?s Sources""; ""5. The Structure of the Book""; ""CHAPTER TWO THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. The Players and the Volta River Project""; ""3. The Volta River Project: Conception, Planning and Implementation (1915â€?1966)""; ""4. The Volta River Project as Agreed and Executed""
  • 5. Assessing the Terms of the Volta River Project6. The Volta River and Dam-Affected Communities: Predicted Impacts and Recommendations
  • 7. Summary and Conclusions
  • CHAPTER THREE THE LOWER VOLTA AND THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT: DAM IMPACTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Lower Volta in the 50s and 60s
  • 3. Political and Social Institutions
  • 4. The Economy and Livelihood Activities of the Lower Volta
  • 5. The Lower Volta in the 1960s: Growth of Trading, Artisanal Activities and Waged Employment
  • 6. The Post-Akosombo Dam Situation: Impacts of the Volta River Project7. Summary and Conclusions
  • CHAPTER FOUR STATE POLICY AND COMMUNITY RESPONSES: THE POLITICS OF RELUCTANT SELECTIVE ACTION AND INEFFECTUAL ACTIVISM
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Institutional Framework for Addressing Dam Impacts: The VRA Legal and Institutional Character
  • 3. The VRA as Resettler
  • 4. The VRA and Migrant Fisher-Folk and their Communities: From Promoting Fisheries to Environmental Protection
  • 5. Downstream Communities
  • 6. Responses to Dam Impacts and State and VRA Policies: The Politics of Compensation and Development Projects7. Summary and Conclusions
  • CHAPTER FIVE LIVELIHOODS IN TIMES OF STRESS: LONG TERM RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AT MEPE AND SOKPOE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Background to the Research Communities: Mepe and Sokpoe
  • 3. Migration and Livelihoods at Mepe and Sokpoe
  • 4. Squeezing Water Out of Stone?
  • 5. Multiple Livelihood Activities at Mepe and Sokpoe
  • 6. Summary and Conclusions
  • CHAPTER SIX THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF LIVELIHOODS AT MEPE AND SOKPOE
  • 1. Introduction2. Household Relations and Livelihoods
  • 3. Kinship and Livelihoods
  • 4. Labour Relations Outside the Household: Using the Labour of Others
  • 5. Acquiring Support Through the Membership of Formal and Informal Associations and Networks
  • 6. Livelihoods and Inter-Generational Relations: The Situation of Young People
  • 7. Summary and Conclusions
  • CHAPTER SEVEN RESPONSES TO THE VOLTA RIVER PROJECT: VOLUNTARY MIGRATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LAKESIDE SETTLEMENTS
  • 1. Introduction

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