SOCIOECONOMIC |
IMPACT NAME |
POSITIVE SCOPE OF IMPACT |
NEGATIVE SCOPE OF IMPACT |
INDICATOR |
SE1: Social Capital |
Dams may facilitate transportation across rivers, integrating less accessible portions of communities with the rest of the community |
People from one community may be resettled into multiple new communities, disrupting social cohesion |
Buckner Scale, based on household surveys, qualitative interviews |
SE2: Cultural Change |
Dams may instill national pride |
Inundation of tombs, religious sites, and other areas of cultural significance; loss of traditional knowledge regarding the ecosystem |
index of impacts on material culture; knowledge of the local ecosystem; sense of place from household surveys and community surveys |
SE3: Local Hydropower Access |
Communities that were once isolated or that relied on small hydro or alternative forms of electricity generation may be connected to the grid |
Prices of electricity may rise as the source of power may be farther away |
index of frequency and price from household surveys and community surveys |
SE4: Health Impacts |
Water treatment facilities may improve the quality of drinking water |
The prevalence of chistosomiasis and malaria and other water-borne diseases may increase as the breeding grounds for hosts increases |
index of drinking water quality, water-borne illness, toxicity from household surveys and community surveys |
SE5: Income |
Incomes may rise as off-farm opportunities working on dam construction arise; government transfers |
Inundation of agricultural land may imply reduced incomes for farmers |
income share of watershed average from household surveys, community surveys, and State Statistical Bureau data |
SE6: Wealth |
The quality of housing and/or land in resettlement communities may exceed that in the affected area |
Evacuees may deplete resources re-establishing themselves in resettlement communities |
Housing and Land Values, as a share of watershed average from household surveys, community surveys, and State Statistical Bureau data |
SE7: Macro Impacts |
New roads and other forms of infrastructure for dam development may have positive spillovers for tourism and other industries; money spent on dam construction may dramatically increase local economic activity |
Resettlement of displaced peoples may be costly |
index of the cost of resettlement, costs of infrastructure, and present commercial value of hydropower produced from community surveys, State Statistical Bureau data, and ? |