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 Dams And Development:
A New Framework for Decision-Making
The
World Commission on Dams
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- The complete report (without
annexes) PDF
(7,159k)
- The annexes PDF
(990k)
Download smaller sections:
- Introductory Pages - PDF
(823k)
- Chair’s Preface
- Commissioners’ Foreword
- Table of Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Boxes
- Acknowledgements
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Executive Summary - PDF
(142k)
- Chapter 1: Water, Development and
Large Dams - PDF
(1,358k)
- Water and Development
- Development and Large Dams
- Large Dams as Instruments of Development
- Problems Associated with Large Dams
- Understanding the Large Dams Debate
- Fulfilling the WCD Mandate – Process
and Methodology
- PART I: THE WCD GLOBAL REVIEW OF
LARGE DAMS
- Chapter 2: Technical, Financial and
Economic Performance - PDF
(603k)
- Structure and Methodology
- Construction Costs and Schedules
- Irrigation Dams
- Hydropower Dams
- Water Supply Dams
- Flood Control Dams
- Multi-Purpose Dams
- Physical Sustainability Issues
- Findings and Lessons
- Chapter 3: Ecosystems and Large Dams:
Environmental Performance - PDF
(571k)
- Terresterial Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Downstream Aquatic Ecosystems and
Biodiversity
- Floodplain Ecosystems
- Fisheries
- Ecosystem Enhancement
- Cumulative Impacts
- Anticipating and Responding to Ecosystem
Impacts
- Findings and Lessons
- Chapter 4: People and Large Dams:
Social Performance - PDF
(914k)
- Socio-Economic Impacts through the
Project and Planning Cycle
- Displacement of People and Livelihoods
- Indigenous Peoples
- Downstream Livelihoods
- Gender
- Cultural Heritage
- Human Health
- Equity and the Distribution of Costs and
Benefits
- Findings and Lessons
- Chapter 5: Options for Water and
Energy Resources - PDF
(621k)
- Development
- Agriculture and Irrigation
- Energy and Electricity
- Water Supply
- Integrated Flood Management
- Findings and Lessons
- Chapter 6: Decision-Making, Planning
and Institutions - PDF
(419k)
- Decision-Making and the Political
Economy of Large Dams
- Role of Foreign Assistance
- Planning and Evaluation
- Compliance
- Findings and Lessons
- PART II: THE WAY FORWARD
- Chapter 7: Enhancing Human
Development: Rights, Risks and Negotiated Outcomes - PDF
(417k)
- From Global Review to Future Practise
- Sustainable Human Development – A
Global Framework
- Trends and Challenges in Applying the
New Development Framework
- Rights and Risks – an Improved Tool
for Decision-Making
- Negotiated Agreements on the Basis of
Rights and Risks
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Strategic Priorities – A
New Policy Framework for the Development of Water and Energy Resources
- PDF
(687k)
- Gaining Public Acceptance
- Comprehensive Options Assessment
- Addressing Existing Dams
- Sustaining Rivers and Livelihoods
- Recognising Entitlements and Sharing
Benefits
- Ensuring Compliance
- Sharing Rivers for Peace, Development
and Security
- Chapter 9: Criteria and Guidelines
– Applying the Strategic Priorities - PDF
(507k)
- Five Key Decision Points: The WCD
Criteria
- A Special Case: Dams in the Pipeline
- A Set of Guidelines for Good Practice
- Chapter 10: Beyond the Commission- An
Agenda for Change - PDF
(150k)
- Strategic Entry Points for Follow-up
- Taking the Initiative – Institutional
Responses
- Continuing the Dialogue
- A Call to Action
- A Comment - Medha Patkar - PDF
(86k)
- ANNEXES
- I Bibliography PDF
(124k)
- II Glossary PDF
(125k)
- III WCD Work Programme – Approach and
Methodology PDF
(128k)
- IV Reports in the WCD Knowledge Base PDF
(131k)
- V Dams, Water and Energy – A
Statistical Profile PDF
(196k)
- VI United Nations Declarations PDF
(153k)
- VII Members of the World Commission on
Dams PDF
(118k)
- VIII A Profile of the WCD Secretariat PDF
(60k)
- INDEX - PDF
(80k)
- Inter-chapter photocollages
from the book - PDF
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