Political Bias and Methodological Failure in Assessing Environmental Impacts of Development Projects: Comparative Analysis of the High Aswan Dam and Calaca Thermal Power Plant Development Projects

IF 3.9 3区 管理学 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2001-11-01 DOI:10.1080/13876980108412664
M. Nakayama, R. Fujikura
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) by various sectors for development activities still needs operational guidelines to avoid failures. The High Aswan Dam in Egypt and the Calaca Thermal Power Plant in the Philippines were examined to delineate lessons. Three sorts of methodological failures were identified in these cases, although they differ in many aspects. They are (1) preoccupation with the previous case, (2) oversimplified assumptions about cause and effect, and (3) lack of a holistic viewpoint. These cases were also influenced by political biases, which led to inappropriate assessment methodologies and, subsequently, to erroneous conclusions. Care should be taken to avoid these universal failures in carrying out an assessment.
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评估发展项目环境影响的政治偏见和方法失败:阿斯旺大坝和卡拉卡热电厂发展项目的比较分析
各部门为发展活动进行的环境影响评估仍然需要业务准则以避免失败。对埃及的高阿斯旺大坝和菲律宾的卡拉卡热电厂进行了研究,以总结经验教训。在这些案例中发现了三种方法上的失败,尽管它们在许多方面有所不同。它们是:(1)专注于前一个案例,(2)对因果关系的假设过于简化,以及(3)缺乏整体观点。这些案件还受到政治偏见的影响,导致评估方法不当,从而得出错误的结论。在进行评估时应注意避免这些普遍的失败。
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