Print Email Facebook Twitter The governance of large dams: A new research area Title The governance of large dams: A new research area Author Slinger, J.H. Hermans, L.M. Gupta, J. Van der Zaag, P. Ahlers, R. Mostert, E. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Multi Actor Systems Date 2011-03-22 Abstract Our current familiarity with large infrastructures, the place they hold in the landscape and the roles they play in modern living combine to make us lose sight of their long-term, system-wide effects. In this paper, the action of the large infrastructures of dams in structuring both the biophysical and the societal environment in which they reside is elucidated. Thereafter, the particular nature of the governance of large water infrastructure is clarified by juxtaposing the governance of large dams between governance in general and infrastructure management in particular. Finally, the paper concludes by identifying the necessity for research on the governance of large dams. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:218e8242-e89b-4707-9bf1-5ca741447880 Publisher UNESCO-IHE Source Principles of good governance at different water governance levels: Colloquium held on 22 March 2011 in Delft, the Netherlands Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2011 The Author(s) Files PDF Slinger_2011.pdf 99.37 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:218e8242-e89b-4707-9bf1-5ca741447880/datastream/OBJ/view