Socio-economic Impact of Sethusamudram Project

Kannan, Srinivasan (2007): Socio-economic Impact of Sethusamudram Project.

Abstract

Any major development project has both benefits and disadvantages to the society. Many development projects have very high economic benefit and at the same time lead to environmental hazard. One such project is Sethudamudram project initiated by Government of India. This is a project which aims at minimising the distance of navigation for the goods transport in the sea. This paper is an attempt to study the socio-economic impact of the project based on the secondary data.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: EIA, Environment, Marine, Economic Impact, Sethusamudram
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth

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