Taking a Holistic Approach to Planning and Developing Hydropower : Lessons from Two River Basin Case Studies in India
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...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9988422/taking-holistic-approach-planning-developing-hydropower-lessons-two-river-basin-case-studies-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10597 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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