Factors Affecting Relocation in Response to Reservoir Development

The focus of this paper is on the question of how rural people anticipate forced moves as a result of flood control projects and how they change their life in accepting separation from familiar surroundings. A model of faced migration is presented which sees the variables of socioeconomic status, knowledge of reservoir projects, vested interests and the degree of identification with place of affected persons as producing differential apprehension over moving. Differential apprehension is then seen as producing different attitudes toward the project which will influence the type of migration plans. To test this model of forced migration, data were obtained by means of personal interview with 261 adults located in two areas about to be flooded by multipurpose reservoirs. Goodman and Kruskal \u27s gamma was used as the measure of association for the ordinal data. Basic to the model were the two findings that (1) apprehension over moving relates inversely with people\u27s willingness to separate themselves from their current friends and homes, and (2) that people with favorable attitudes toward flood control projects were less apprehensive over moving and as a consequence were more willing to engage in moves that require greater degrees of separation from their current friends and types of residences. Other findings suggest that those persons whose vested interests would be enhanced by the reservoir project can be expected to engage in moves requiring the greatest amounts of social separation. Knowledge of the reservoir project and its purposes did little to meliorate people\u27s attitudes toward the reservoir project or to facilitate ease of moving. A new variable identification with place, developed for this study, was found to relate strongly with apprehension over moving

Family life cycle disruption in rural communities: The case of the Lake Shelbyville reservoir

This project assessed on an ex post facto basis selected impacts upon families and individuals due to the land acquisition program associated with the construction of the Shelbyville Reservoir in east-central Illinois begun in 1962. Research focused on Okaw Township, which borders Lake Shelbyville to the west in Shelby County. The in-depth, individual and family case studies indicated that farm family businesses are not the products of a single generation, or a single family. They are intimately tied to the intergenerational land transfer process which occurs among interconnected families living in close proximity. Thus, the time perspective in examining changes brought about by land acquisition and relocation must be extended on the generational level if the full range of impacts on the local cultural ecology is to be represented. Areawide changes in the availability and price of land made the difficult task of reestablishing a family farm even harder for selected families. The Corps' land acquisition policies in 1962 did not consider the generations involved in the establishment of family farms. Furthermore, local residents were critical of the Corps' policies and personnel during the land acquisition process. That historical complaint summarized by the quote, "the Corps is not a good neighbor," has even today hindered the Corps' ability to manage its relations with area residents and local government units. An understanding of the personal and family lifecycle perspectives on local cultural ecology, coupled with an appreciation of the degree to which rural social processes are bound in time, can strengthen State of Illinois comprehensive planning, decision-making, and review procedures for water and related resource development.U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological SurveyOpe

Social Costs and Benefits of Water Resources Construction

This report analyzes and describes the process of relocating individuals and families who must move due to reservoir construction in Kentucky utilizing data collected in previous research. These data come from four separate studies: a study of community attitudes toward reservoir construction (Johnson county where the Paintsville reservoir is to be constructed), interviews with people who are slated for relocation when the Taylorsville reservoir is constructed, and two sets of interviews with people who have already been relocated due to reservoir construction (Cave Run and Carr Fork). Psychological, social, economic and material costs and benefits associated with forced relocation are presented, and the role of the relocation agency (The Army Corps of Engineers) in the process is described. Generally, the younger, more affluent and educated migrants fare better in the relocation process than older, poorer and less-educated migrants. Particular attention is paid to those people who found relocation psychologically and economically costly because these are unanticipated and usually unrecorded real costs of reservoir construction. Suggestions are given for easing the burden of relocation among those affected. The framework for this report is longitudinal, describing the relocation process from pre-migration to post-relocation

Evaluation of the Social Impact of Reservoir Construction on the Residential Plans of Displaced Persons in Kentucky and Ohio

The states of Kentucky and Ohio have numerous reservoir projects at various stages of planning and construction. Each of the projects produces substantial social impact for the residents of the area and particularly for those persons affected by a loss of property and homes. This impact is not uniform in that people respond differently to displacement and the methods of adjusting relocation are known to differ among people. This research was initiated to develop and test a model for explaining migration under such conditions. The model includes a consideration of people\u27s potential for transferring existing statuses to new residences, the extent to which peoples interests are served by the reservoir, people\u27s knowledge of the reservoir, the social class levels of those displaced and the extent to which people identify with their places of residence. These factors are viewed as affecting people\u27s levels of apprehension and consequently their willingness to separate from their current membership systems. Data for this investigations come from all the adult residents of the areas to be flooded neat Taylorsville, Kentucky and Lebanon, Ohio. These areas are in the Louisville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and exhibit similar topographies with rural populations of similar socio-economic and social isolation. The testing of this model indicated that apprehensions over money is greatest for those persons who identify strongly with their present homes. Also, apprehension over migration was less for those persons whose vested interests were served by the project. Knowledge of the reservoir project did not reduce apprehensions over moving as was predicted by the model

Community guide to social impact assessment, A

Includes bibliographical references.Fourth edition.Chapter 1. Social Impact Assessment: What is it and Why Should We do it? -- Chapter 2. History and Importance of Social Impact Assessment -- Chapter 3. A Social Impact Assessment Model -- Chapter 4. Getting Started—Identifying the Proposed Action: Scoping Part I -- Chapter 5. Identifying Social Impacts: Scoping Part II -- Chapter 6. Locating the Information to Measure Social Impacts: Scoping Part III -- Chapter 7. Population Impacts -- Chapter 8. Community and Institutional Arrangements -- Chapter 9. Communities in Transition -- Chapter 10. Individual and Family Level Impacts -- Chapter 11. Community Infrastructure Needs -- Chapter 12. Pulling it all Together! -- Chapter 13. Mitigation, Monitoring and a Social Impact Management Plan (SIMP) -- Chapter 14. Impacts and Benefits Agreement

Concepts, process and methods of social impact assessment

Includes bibliographical references.By Rabel J. Burdge and colleagues.Introducing Social Impact Assessment. Chapter 1. Social Impact Assessment: Definition and Historical Trends / Rabel J. Burdge -- Developing the Concept of Social Impact Assessment. Chapter 2. The Comparative Social Impact Assessment Model / Rabel J. Burdge and Sue Johnson -- Chapter 3. Social Impact Assessment and the Planning Process / Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 4. Identifying Social Impact Assessment Variables / Rabel J. Burdge -- The Process and Methods of Social Impact Assessment. Chapter 5. The Use of SIA Knowledge in Development Decisions / Roy E. Rickson, John S. Western and Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 6. The SIA Scoping Document: New Uses for Old Military Bases / Gary C. Machlis, Rabel J. Burdge and Paul S. George -- Chapter 7. U.S. Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment / The Interorganizational Committee on Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment -- Chapter 8. Participative or Analytical Social Impact Assessment? / Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 9. Special SIA Analytical Techniques: Rapid Rural Appraisal, Gender Analysis, Sustainability, Environmental Justice and Relocation / Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 10. The Place of SIA in Strategic Environmental Assessment / Rabel J. Burdge and Jeremy Carter -- Chapter 11. What the Decision-Maker Needs to Know About SIA / Rabel J. Burdge and Thayne Coulter -- Chapter 12. When is Social Impact Assessment Required? / C. Nicholas Taylor and Rabel J. Burdge -- Case Studies in Social Impact Assessment. Chapter 13. Utilizing Social History to Identify Impacts of Resource Development on Isolated Communities: The Case of Skagway, Alaska / Rabel J. Burdge, Donald R. Field, Stephen R. Wells -- Chapter 14. An Ex-Post Facto Analysis of the Social and Economic Impacts of Reservoir Development / Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 15. The Gateway Pacific Terminal and Deep Water Port: A Social Impact Assessment of Industrial Expansion / Student SIA Project -- Chapter 16. Building Low-Income Housing in Established Neighborhoods: Real versus Perceived Social Impacts / Rabel J. Burdge and Western Washington Students -- SIA and the Public Involvement Process. Chapter 17. Social Impact Assessment and the Public Involvement Process / Rabel J. Burdge and Robert A. Robertson -- Chapter 18. Community Needs Assessment and PI Techniques / Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 19. Making a Mountain Out of a Mole Hill: Using Public Involvement in Recreation Planning / Student Public Involvement Project -- Social Impact Assessment in an International Context. Chapter 20. The Benefits of SIA for Developing Countries / Rabel J. Burdge -- Chapter 21. The Adoption of SIA as a Decision and Planning Tool / Roy E. Rickson, Rabel J. Burdge, Tor Hundloe, and Geoffrey T. McDonald -- Chapter 22. Integrating SIA into the Planning Process / Roy E. Rickson, Rabel J. Burdge, and Audrey Armour -- Chapter 23. International Principles for Social Impact Assessment / Frank Vanclay and the SIA Committee of IAIA -- Chapter 24. The Future Practice of Social Impact Assessment / Rabel J. Burdge and Frank Vanclay