How do environmental impact assessments fail to prevent social conflict? Government technologies in a dam project in Colombia
We analyze environmental impact assessment (EIA) for infrastructure development projects in Latin America through the case of the "El Cercado" dam on the Rancheria river in La Guajira Province of northern Colombia. We argue that social and environmental conflicts regarding development proj...
Main Authors: | Susana Carmona Castillo, Claudia Puerta Silva |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Arizona Libraries
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Political Ecology |
Online Access: | https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23223 |
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