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From dry land to water: psychosocial impact on the lakeside villages of the Alqueva dam
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Abstract(s)
"This quasi-experimental study focus on the psychosocial impact of
the Alqueva dam on state-anxiety, residential satisfaction and place identity of
the inhabitants of four villages: Luz (forced to relocate), Estrela (whose
village became a peninsula), Amieira (whose village became a peninsula
with a marina) and Monsaraz (whose village started overlooking water).
Psychosocial impact was analysed as a function of village and time. As
expected, Luz evidenced the most negative psychosocial impact, as inhabitants
showed higher anxiety, lower residential satisfaction towards village and
house and lower place identity. Results also evidence how changes in the
immediate surroundings and landscape have significant psychosocial impact.
Cross-sectional measures taken with a six-year interval evidenced no changes
in time. Perceived public engagement, in particular perceived public communication
and consultation, was related to greater adaptation in Luz, its role
being discussed as a coping strategy. Results stress the need to manage the
psychosocial impact of large projects."
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Keywords
Psychosocial impact Forced relocation Anxiety Residential satisfaction Place identity Public engagement
Citation
Sílvia Luís, Ana-Cristina Neves & José Palma-Oliveira (2015) From dry land to water: psychosocial impact on the lakeside villages of the Alqueva dam / Desde tierra firme al agua: impacto psicosocial en los pueblos junto de la presa de Alqueva, Psyecology: Revista Bilingue de Psicologia Ambiental / Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology, 6:1, 8-34
Publisher
Taylor & Francis