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The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia (2017)
Book Chapter
Tan-Mullins, M., Mang, G., & Urban, F. (2017). The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building (80-99). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-5

This chapter aims to assess what drives and empowers the Chinese stakeholders engaged in large hydropower projects in Asia and Africa, and contributes to the theoretical development of the political ecology of rising China framework. Using empirical... Read More about The political ecology of rising China: Case study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia.

Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia (2017)
Book Chapter
Majid Cooke, F., Saat, G., Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building (145-162). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-9

Using the approach of political ecology and the concept of elite capture, this chapter examines the implications of the Bakun Dam construction for the Orang Ulu after 18 years of resettlement. It addresses wider socioeconomic and political drivers of... Read More about Chinese dam building, renewable energy and socioecological change in East Malaysia.

Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building (2017)
Book Chapter
Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. In G. Siciliano, & F. Urban (Eds.), Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia. Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam building. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040-10

This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book examines the governance and socio-economic implications of large Chinese dam developments in low- and middle-income countrie... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building.

Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building (2017)
Book
Siciliano, G., & Urban, F. (Eds.). Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315440040

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors. Chinese Hydropower Development in A... Read More about Chinese hydropower development in Africa and Asia: Challenges and opportunities for sustainable global dam-building.

The Limits of Social Protection: The Case of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous Peoples' Land (2017)
Journal Article
Cooke, F. M., Nordensvard, J., Saat, B. G., Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). The Limits of Social Protection: The Case of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous Peoples' Land. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 4(3), 437-450. https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.187

Hydropower dams have been criticised for their social and environmental implications. There have been attempts to create international social standards for hydropower dam projects, but these standards have had limited impact. This article uses an ext... Read More about The Limits of Social Protection: The Case of Hydropower Dams and Indigenous Peoples' Land.

Hope, Politics and Risk: The Case of Chinese Dam in Nigeria (2017)
Journal Article
Olorunfemi, F., May, T.-M., Giles, M., Siciliano, G., & Urban, F. (2017). Hope, Politics and Risk: The Case of Chinese Dam in Nigeria. Energy and Environment Research, 7(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.5539/eer.v7n2p1

The rise of Chinese infrastructure investment in Africa has raised a set of questions about whose development agendas are being fulfilled by such projects, where the power lies in these negotiations, and how local communities are impacted by the proj... Read More about Hope, Politics and Risk: The Case of Chinese Dam in Nigeria.

China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia (2017)
Journal Article
Urban, F., Siciliano, G., & Nordensvard, J. (2018). China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(5), 747-770. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1329138

This article investigates China’s role as the world’s largest builder of and investor in large dams, focussing on the Greater Mekong Sub-Region in South-East Asia. It addresses the role Chinese actors play in dam-building as well as the environmental... Read More about China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia.

Evaluating the Behaviour of Chinese Stakeholders Engaged in Large Hydropower Projects in Asia and Africa (2017)
Journal Article
Tan-Mullins, M., Urban, F., & Mang, G. (2017). Evaluating the Behaviour of Chinese Stakeholders Engaged in Large Hydropower Projects in Asia and Africa. The China Quarterly, 230, 464-488. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741016001041

Hydropower dams are back in the spotlight owing to a shifting preference for low carbon energy generation and their possible contribution to mitigating climate change. At the forefront of the renaissance of large hydropower dams are Chinese companies... Read More about Evaluating the Behaviour of Chinese Stakeholders Engaged in Large Hydropower Projects in Asia and Africa.

The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam-Builders (2017)
Journal Article
Yankson, P., Asiedu, A., Owusu, K., Urban, F., & Siciliano, G. (2017). The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam-Builders. Development Policy Review, 36(S1), 0476-0494. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12259

Emerging issues from the Bui hydropower project suggest that the experiences of two earlier hydropower projects in Ghana failed to prevent challenges related to resource access and livelihoods. This article examines the nature of the challenges, thei... Read More about The Livelihood Challenges of Resettled Communities of the Bui Dam Project in Ghana and the Role of Chinese Dam-Builders.

Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning (2017)
Journal Article
Béné, C., Cannon, T., Gupte, J., McGranahan, G., Mehta, L., & Tanner, T. (2017). Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning. Climate and Development, 10(2), 116-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2017.1301868

The aim of this paper is to analyse the emergence of the concept of ‘urban resilience’ in the literature and to assess its potentials and limitations as an element of policy planning. Using a systematic literature review covering the period 2003–2013... Read More about Resilience as a policy narrative: potentials and limits in the context of urban planning.

The Political Economy of REDD + in Mozambique: Implications for Climate Compatible Development (2017)
Book Chapter
Quan, J., Naess, L. O., Newsham, A., & Corral Fernandez, M. (2017). The Political Economy of REDD + in Mozambique: Implications for Climate Compatible Development. In F. Nunan (Ed.), Making Climate Compatible Development Happen (1-27). Routledge

Carbon forestry, and in particular REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) , is increasingly seen as a potential mechanism for achieving multiple policy goals. Primarily set up to support mitigation, so-called ‘non-carbon... Read More about The Political Economy of REDD + in Mozambique: Implications for Climate Compatible Development.

Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions (2017)
Journal Article
Shankar, B., Agrawal, S., Beaudreault, A. R., Avula, L., Martorell, R., Osendarp, S., Prabhakaran, D., & Mclean, M. S. (2017). Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1395(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13324

Despite the global transition to overnutrition, stunting affected approximately 159 million children worldwide in 2014, while an estimated 50 million children were wasted. India is an important front in the fight against malnutrition and is grappling... Read More about Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions.

An assessment of intermediary roles in payments for ecosystem services schemes in the context of catchment management: An example from South West England (2017)
Journal Article
Cook, H., Smith, L., & Couldrick, L. (2017). An assessment of intermediary roles in payments for ecosystem services schemes in the context of catchment management: An example from South West England. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 19(1), Article 1750003. https://doi.org/10.1142/S146433321750003X

Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) schemes are an underdeveloped component of the policy mix for catchment management in many countries. The importance of intermediaries to such schemes is acknowledged in the literature but few studies go beyond... Read More about An assessment of intermediary roles in payments for ecosystem services schemes in the context of catchment management: An example from South West England.

Stuck in a rut: emerging cocoa cooperatives in Peru and the factors that influence their performance (2017)
Journal Article
Donovan, J., Blare, T., & Poole, N. Stuck in a rut: emerging cocoa cooperatives in Peru and the factors that influence their performance. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 15(2), 169-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1286831

Agri-cooperatives play an important role in helping resource-poor farmers reach high-value markets. In addition to linking smallholders to markets, cooperatives provide their members with various services, such as extension, credit, input subsidies,... Read More about Stuck in a rut: emerging cocoa cooperatives in Peru and the factors that influence their performance.