Social factors in reservoir - settlements, relocation and costing factors : an adaptation of scalogram analysis using aerial photography and ground survey data applied to the Mekong Basin Pa Mong dam project

IT EMPHASIZES THE INSTITUTIONAL COMPLEXITY OF COMMUNITIES, THUS THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THESE COMMUNITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE OBJECTIVES WERE: 1) TO APPLY SCALOGRAM ANALYSIS (THE COMPARISON OF CERTAIN VILLAGE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH A THEORETICAL MODEL SO AS TO DEPICT THE STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT LEVELS OF VILLAGES AND INTERVILLAGE SOCIAL SYSTEMS FOR THE AREA UNDER STUDY). THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED IS STRUCTURAL-SYMBOLIC THEORY WHICH CLAIMS THAT THE EVIDENCE OF SOCIAL LIFE IS SOCIAL SYMBOLS. 2) TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DATA TO DERIVE DATA FOR SCALOGRAM ANALYSIS. 3) TO ESTIMATE THE EXTENT OF POPULATION AND SETTLEMENTS DISPLACED BY THE PA MONG RESERVOIR AT BOTH 250 AND 230 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. TWO GENERAL CONCLUSIONS WERE REACHED. 1) THAT THE CONCEPT OF RELOCATION OF COMMUNITIES WITHIN A REGIONAL CONTEXT BE APPLIED TO RESERVOIR-DISPLACED POPULATIONS, AND 2) THAT THERE ARE NEW WAYS OF ANALYZING DATA WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED UNUSUABLE FOR STATISTICAL PROGRAMMING AND ANALYSIS.