Social impacts of a large-dam construction: the case of Castanhão, Brazil

• Published in: Water international Vol. 44; no. 8; pp. 871 - 885
• Main Authors: Salinas, Carlos Enrique Tupiño, Oliveira, Vládia Pinto Vidal de, Brito, Liana, Ferreira, André V., de Araújo, José Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Urbana Routledge 17.11.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Arid regions; Arid zones; Brazil; Citizens; Companies; compulsory displacement; Construction; Dam construction; Dams; Quality of life; Relocation; Resettlement; Satisfaction; Scarcity; Semi arid areas; semi-arid regions; socio-hydrology; Standard of living; Water availability; Water quality; Water resources management; Brazil

Castanhão Dam, a mega-water-management work in Brazil, was built - according to the official reasoning - to reduce water scarcity and boost the economy. It compulsorily displaced over 10,000 people, whose satisfaction with the new standard of living, a decade after the resettlement, was marginally n...