Preprint Article Version 1 Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed

Impact Assessment of the Implementation Effect of the Post-relocation Support Policies of Rural Reservoir Resettlers’ Livelihoods in Energy Transition

Bing Liang
* ORCID logo ,
Guoqing Shi
* ORCID logo ,
Zhonggen Sun
* ,
Yuelin Wang
,
Bosen Zhang
* ,
Yuangang Xu
,
Yingping Dong
Version 1 : Received: 14 August 2023 / Approved: 15 August 2023 / Online: 16 August 2023 (20:27:33 CEST)

A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.

Liang, B.; Shi, G.; Sun, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, B.; Xu, Y.; Dong, Y. Impact Assessment of the Implementation Effect of the Post-Relocation Support Policies of Rural Reservoir Resettlers’ Livelihoods in Energy Transition. Water 2023, 15, 3129. Liang, B.; Shi, G.; Sun, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, B.; Xu, Y.; Dong, Y. Impact Assessment of the Implementation Effect of the Post-Relocation Support Policies of Rural Reservoir Resettlers’ Livelihoods in Energy Transition. Water 2023, 15, 3129.

Abstract

Energy transition is a major structural change in the whole social system, and the energy system must be changed globally to replace fossil fuels. Hydropower is one of the largest renewable energy in the world. However the involuntary resettlees due to the construction of hydropower projects are suffering from being far away from their native land, losing the land cultivated for generations and the houses they live in, and losing the social relationship network based on geography and blood ties. Based on the system evaluation theory of reservoir resettlement and referring to relevant research findings, this paper constructs a comprehensive evaluation index framework for assessing the implementation effect of the PostRelocation Support (PReS) policy. The research region is located in Zhijin County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, China. Accordingly, a combined method of a structural equation model and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluationary model is used in this paper to analyze the implementation of the PReS policy. The results show that the total score of implementing effects of the PReS policy is 4.4, with dramatic significance. The subindex scores of the resettlers’ family income, living conditions, and production conditions; the local economy; and social stability are 4.3, 4.6, 4.4, 4.6, and 4.3, respectively, with dramatic significance. This paper has analyzed and summarized the successful practices of implementing the PReS policy for reservoir resettlers in three dimensions: poverty alleviation, beautiful home construction and accelerating rural revitalization. Research shows that China's rural reservoir resettlers' PReS policy has been more effective in restoring the livelihoods of reservoir resettlers.

Keywords

Rural reservoir reseĴlement; Post-relocation support （PReS）policy; ReseĴlers' livelihoods; Impact assessment;Structural equation model; Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method; energy transition

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Water Science and Technology

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Download PDF

Comments (0)

We encourage comments and feedback from a broad range of readers. See criteria for comments and our Diversity statement.

Leave a public comment
Send a private comment to the author(s)
* All users must log in before leaving a comment
Views 0
Downloads 0
Comments 0
Get PDF Cite Share 0
Bookmark BibSonomy Mendeley Reddit Delicious
×
Alerts
Notify me about updates to this article or when a peer-reviewed version is published.
We use cookies on our website to ensure you get the best experience.
Read more about our cookies here.