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作者

Scott Hawken;Behnaz Avazpour;Mike S. Harris;Atousa Marzban;Paul George Munro

来源

CITIES,Vol.113,Issue1,Article 103068

语言

英文

关键字

Ecosystem service;Human rights;Megaproject;urban design;urban development;urban transition;Water management

作者单位

School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia;Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;Portland Design, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High St, London E1 8QS, United Kingdom;Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia;Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia;Portland Design, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High St, London E1 8QS, United Kingdom;Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

摘要

Within the Southeast Asian context, urban megaprojects are often delivered in aquatic or semi-aquatic contexts, transforming local hydrological systems used for sanitation, agriculture, sustenance, resource use and cultural purposes by the local populations. This paper addresses a key knowledge gap on the impacts of urban megaprojects on water security and water-related human rights in Southeast Asia through a literature review, field observations and digital earth observation. Three case studies in Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar were used to develop a picture of urban megaproject impacts on urban water landscapes and the human rights of local communities. The paper adapts recent human rights frameworks developed specifically for megaproject life cycles and applies them to the selected urban megaproject case studies. The seven stages in the megaproject life cycle are linked with specific accountability measures for duty bearers. Current challenges and opportunities for the global urban development community are developed in relation to water justice and megaprojects. Further the question of a just urban transition is developed to mediate between megaproject proponents and local communities in the Global South.