Taking a Holistic Approach to Planning and Developing Hydropower : Lessons from Two River Basin Case Studies in India

• Tác giả: Michael Haney
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 333.91 Water and lands adjoining bodies of water
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 229449
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS ROADS; 2. ACCESS TO DATA; 3. ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY; 4. APPROACH; 5. CATCHMENT AREA

Tóm tắt

Planning for hydropower development needs to evolve from a project-based engineering approach to a more holistic one - an approach incorporating river basin planning and integrating potential social and environmental issues across multiple projects and the entire river basin. Such a framework would help to optimize the benefits and minimize the costs. It would also bring stakeholders together to weigh opportunities and risks and form a consensus for sustainable and equitable development. A Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)-funded study on two river basins in India's Himalayan region outlines steps for moving toward such a holistic framework.