Sep 16, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Research
Development is undergoing an infrastructure turn, no more so than in resurgent dam building. But how are new projects planned and constructed? Are we seeing the underestimation of economic, environmental and social costs? Have past critiques changed infrastructure...
Jul 10, 2019 | Politics and governance, Uncategorised
By Barnaby Dye Many industrialised countries in Europe and America built dams in the early 20th, or even 19th century. As these infrastructures age, their services may be better replaced by other technologies. Often, this happens when sedimentation builds up in a...
May 13, 2019 | Politics and governance, Research, The Volta river basin and Ghana
FutureDAMS Ghana team have written their first working paper for the project. It provides a comprehensive overview of the history of dams in the Ghana up to the present day, covering their technical details, planning processes and politics. This piece of work is...
Apr 17, 2019 | comment, Politics and governance
By Barnaby Dye The movement for dam reforms in the 1990s generated more detailed methodologies in assessing environmental and social impacts. They also advocated reform in the contracting process whereby the credentials of the prospective companies are considered with...
Mar 19, 2019 | Politics and governance, Research
The FutureDAMS working paper series is now fully underway. The latest piece is by two researchers on the project, Dr Tom Lavers and Dr Barnaby Dye. They present an overview of the literature on the politics of dams, which has been analysed from a range of disciplinary...
Mar 13, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Uncategorised
The FutureDAMS working paper series has begun! Barnaby Dye, a research associate on the project, has produced the first of these papers, focusing on the resurgence of dams. Barnaby’s work analyses the why of this notable infrastructure-building trend. Taking...