IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/rwinxx/v47y2022i8p1349-1369.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The evolution of the modern dam conflict on the Snake River, USA

Author

Listed:
  • Hannah L. Hilbert-Wolf
  • Andrea K. Gerlak

Abstract

As dams age and values shift, communities face dam removal decisions that involve navigating complex social, economic and ecological interactions. Sometimes, this results in decades-long conflicts, such as that over the removal of the four lower Snake River dams (LSRD) in Washington State, USA – the focus of this study. We apply a broad analytical framework to understand how key factors in this conflict perpetuate it. We find that western science and economic expertise are politicized, and that while venues and geographies for stakeholder engagement are expanding, these shifts are not powerful enough to interrupt the cycle of litigation sustaining the LSRD debate.

Suggested Citation

  • Hannah L. Hilbert-Wolf & Andrea K. Gerlak, 2022. "The evolution of the modern dam conflict on the Snake River, USA," Water International, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(8), pages 1349-1369, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:47:y:2022:i:8:p:1349-1369
    DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2022.2090147
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/02508060.2022.2090147
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/02508060.2022.2090147?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:rwinxx:v:47:y:2022:i:8:p:1349-1369. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/rwin20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.