Stoppels, Danique (2024) Towards Sustainable Infrastructure: Evaluating Legal Frameworks for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Large-scale infrastructure projects have significant social and environmental impacts. An assessment of these impacts are in many countries legally required in the form of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Social Impact Assessments (SIA), with the aim of prevention and mitigation. This research examines the adequacy of legal frameworks for EIA and SIA in mitigating the socio-environmental impacts of large-scale infrastructure projects. Two case studies are analyzed: The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The results reveal that social impacts are insufficiently integrated into legal frameworks for EIA, aligning with the ongoing academic debate on whether social impacts should be addressed separately from, or integrated with environmental impacts. This study concludes that existing legal frameworks need to be adapted to incorporate guidelines for social impact assessments within the EIA process. Recommendations include broadening the definition of environmental impacts to include socio-economic aspects, and implementing guidelines for components of social impact assessments, such as identification of impacts on different social groups separately, ensuring participation of indigenous people, and exploring opportunities for benefit-sharing. Such adaptations are crucial for an effective prevention and mitigation of socio-environmental impact of large-scale infrastructure projects.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Schulz, K.A. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 08:44 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 08:44 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/432 |
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