| dc.contributor.author | Si, Zhizhong. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:37:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 1993 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINN87495 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55366 | |
| dc.description | The social impact on relocatees associated with the construction of large dams has been described as the least satisfactory aspects of such projects. This study is concerned with changes in the well-being of relocatees, arising from environmental, economic, and socio-cultural effects of large dams. An interdisciplinary theoretical framework for social impact analysis is proposed which incorporates a number of concepts and propositions drawn from several relevant disciplines. Social impacts are defined in terms of changes in the quality of life (QOL) experienced by relocated individuals. It is assumed that the impact may arise from project-induced changes in economic, social and environmental settings and may be differentially distributed among sectors of society. It is contended that the most reliable information on social impacts comes from the individuals directly affected. | en_US |
| dc.description | The framework is applied to the Mactaquac Dam Project on the Saint John River in New Brunswick which displaced over 1,100 residents between 1965 and 1968. The heads of 74 relocated households still in the area were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Background information and data on the regional economy, social structures and natural environment were collected and interpreted. The technique of discriminant analysis is used to determine the relative contribution to the overall QOL of various impact domain, such as family finance, housing, personal health, the elderly, children, community services, community relations, regional economy and the environment. Bivariate analysis is used to examine the differential impacts among segments of the relocatee population. Two case studies are also presented to illustrate the complexity and interactions of the factors involved. | en_US |
| dc.description | The analysis shows that approximately equal numbers of respondents considered that their overall QOL has improved, remained the same or worsened as a result of the implementation of the project. Impacts on family finance, regional economy, personal health, community relations and housing were shown to be the most important contributors to the impact on overall QOL. Differential impacts were demonstrated between two segments of the relocatee population, farmers and householders, with the former articulating greater negative impacts in terms of family finance, community relations, personal health and overall QOL. These differential impacts may be related to the economic and social disruptions that accompany the loss of land as a means of production. | en_US |
| dc.description | This proposed integrative approach to the study of social impacts associated with relocation emphasized the multi-dimensional nature of the stress on the relocatee populations. As demonstrated in the application of the framework to the Mactaquac Dam Project, the approach provides for the determination of the relative contributions from economic, social and environmental factors and incorporates the possibility that impacts may be differentially distributed. The findings will be of interest to those responsible for designing relocation programmes, including mitigation and compensation components. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 1993. | en_US |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sociology, Public and Social Welfare. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Urban and Regional Planning. | en_US |
| dc.title | A theoretical framework for social impact analysis with special reference to population relocation at the Mactaquac Dam Project on the Saint John River. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
