The Kainji Dam: an exercise in regional development planning

Adeniyi, E.O.

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“…Scientists have explored the social impacts of dams since the 1960s (Adeniyi, 1976;Scudder, 1968;Shields, 1974;Singg and Webb, 1979;Sutton, 1977). Almost five decades have passed since Scudder identified a need for a systematic body of evidence to be developed via longitudinal studies utilizing hydropower development as a "quasi-laboratory [for accelerated change] within which to work" (Scudder, 1968, p. 169).…”

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Cleaning up the big muddy: A meta-synthesis of the research on the social impact of dams

Kirchherr

Pohlner

Charles

2016

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Scholars have been exploring the social impacts of dams for over 50 years, but a lack of systematic approaches has resulted in many research gaps remaining. This paper presents the first systematic review of the literature on the social impacts of dams. For this purpose, we built a sample of 217 articles published in the past 25 years via key word searches, expert consultations and bibliography reviews. All articles were assessed against an aggregate matrix framework on the social impact of dams, which combines 27 existing frameworks. We find that existing literature is highly biased with regard to: perspective (45% negative versus 5% positive); dam size (large dams are overrepresented); spatial focus (on the resettlement area); and temporal focus (5-10 years ex-post resettlement). Additionally, there is bias in terms of whose views are included, with those of dam developers rarely examined by scholars. These gaps need to be addressed in future research to advance our knowledge on the social impact of dams to support more transparency in the trade-offs being made in dam development decisions.

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Cleaning up the big muddy: A meta-synthesis of the research on the social impact of dams

Kirchherr

Pohlner

Charles

2016

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“…Mabogunje edited a volume exploring the project's socioeconomic impacts published by NISER in 1973 (Mabogunje 1973). It highlighted many problems including large-scale displacement and inundation of agricultural lands (see also Adeniyi 1976).…”

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What Happens If We Start from Nigeria? Diversifying Histories of Geography

Craggs

Neate

2019

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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This article asks this question: What if, rather than starting from the United States or the United Kingdom in histories of geography, we start from Nigeria? Focusing on Nigerian geographers working in Nigeria's first university from 1948 to 1990 and drawing on archival evidence and new oral history interviews, this article argues that the view from Nigeria offers significant new perspectives on the history of geography. First, it highlights the intellectual contribution of Nigerian scholars, illustrating the partial and exclusionary nature of many traditional histories. Second, it illuminates the as yet unacknowledged impact of the Cold War on the discipline far beyond the United States and Soviet Union. Third, this new perspective makes it possible to consider afresh the contemporary Anglo-American hegemony of international geography, providing evidence of the consequences of this hegemony for scholars working beyond the West and revealing the less hierarchical alternatives that at some moments appeared possible. Fourth, by highlighting the shifting structures that facilitated and foreclosed opportunities for participation in the international geographical community, the article provides an original insight into the conditions of academic labor and considers the crucial question of what, for the work of constructing a more equal academic community in the future, we might learn from this earlier period.

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“…Wilson emphasizes the significance of infrastructure to regional form and function: physical infrastructure such as residential and commercial buildings, public and social services, and public utilities are granted a central function to how regions operate, although these are only defined according to the economic structure of regions. Adeniyi (1976) provides an economic and social analysis of Nigeria's Kainji Dam project, and the influence of this infrastructure on regional and national development. The case study is notable for representing the high-modernist ideal of national economic development objectives addressed through infrastructure.…”

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Regional infrastructures, infrastructural regionalism

2019

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An 'infrastructure turn' across the social and policy sciences is generating a new wave of interdisciplinary enquiry into how infrastructure is shaping urban and regional space. This editorial introduces a virtual special issue that charts the evolution of infrastructure as an empirical and conceptual concern within Regional Studies. The issue demonstrates that analysing regions through infrastructurewhether large, capital-intensive projects or more mundane infrastructuresprovides a novel and necessary perspective on the regional question.

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The Kainji Dam: an exercise in regional development planning

Cited by 7 publications

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Cleaning up the big muddy: A meta-synthesis of the research on the social impact of dams

Cleaning up the big muddy: A meta-synthesis of the research on the social impact of dams

What Happens If We Start from Nigeria? Diversifying Histories of Geography

Regional infrastructures, infrastructural regionalism

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