Long-term outcomes of the livelihoods of displaced households after hydropower dam construction: A case study in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

• Autorzy: Pham Huu Ty
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Millions of people have been displaced and resettled worldwide to build hydroelectric dams. Most of the previous studies show thatthe livelihoods of the resettled people have been getting worse, but these studies have only been evaluated over a short time frameand only selected two-time periods for assessment, including before and after displacement. Few follow-up and evaluation studieshave been conducted for periods longer than 10 years. Therefore, this study conducted a study that was long-term at a resettlementsite for hydropower construction in Vietnam to observe the change in livelihoods over more than 12 years of the people that wereresettled. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the research to determine livelihood outcomes and to explain thecauses of changes in livelihood pathways after resettlement. Our findings indicate that the loss of productive land for upland rice anddry crops was the greatest challenge for displaced households. Households which were headed by women, or those that werehandicapped, were more susceptible to land loss. Displaced people also lost their traditional jobs and faced food insecurity becausethey did not have productive land for cultivating rice and cassava crops. As a result of this significant reduction in economic and foodconditions, displaced households could not maintain their culture and religion, and the coherence of Bo Hon, the study villagegradually decreased. However, displaced households made a faster recovery in income generation than other communitiesdisplaced by hydropower dams in Vietnam after 12 years. They could generate more income because they live near Hue city andreceive strong support from local authorities. Through this study, it has been shown that the selection and arrangement of a suitableresettlement site with good access to the job market will be a prerequisite to help displaced households to adapt and develop theirlivelihoods after resettlement in conditions of limited access to natural resources(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Households; Resettlements of people; Water energy; Hydroelectric power station

PL

Gospodarstwa domowe; Przesiedlenia ludności; Energia wody; Elektrownie wodne

• Czasopismo: Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 11
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 1--15

Twórcy

autor

Pham Huu Ty

• University of Agriculture and Forestry Hue University, Vietnam

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2023-0007