User:Devashree818/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * 2018 Laos Dam Collapse

-- an alternative (better) option might be Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin Hieup (talk)hieup
 * Article Evaluation
 * -Most of the article seems to be written neutrally although on the talk page there were a few comments about making editorial comments that were edited out. As for the sources, most of them are news sites from various countries so the article as whole provides a neutral overview. However, each claim does not have a citation and there are a few that redirect to the news agency's website saying "Page Not Found".
 * -Specifically looking at the section titled 'Aftermath', the information provided about the displaced people is very brief and does not talk about environmental damages caused by the dam break.
 * Would like to add the Aftermath section- more on the environmental impact of the dam breakage, slow violence and political ecology, and geopolitics of the region that resulted in dam breakage. I think these are important aspects to add as the effects of the dam breakage are traumatic and longterm, which is something that is often overlooked.


 * Sources
 * -https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/4/821 [This source won't be good since it discusses technical issues and a case study of a dam in China. Also, provide the title of the article instead of a simple hyperlink. Hieup (talk)hieup]
 * Blake, D. J., & Barney, K. (2018). Structural injustice, slow violence? The political ecology of a “best practice” hydropower dam in Lao PDR. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 48(5), 808-834. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472336.2018.1482560?casa_token=_WnLfLgoeVIAAAAA%3AIdIwwWmdZZ5BK_BzcwTQB1jXFGiH94Yw4a5Ci92dzYu-8qPsXgDmmoXA13O6rga-TVDrXjvDfl_e [This source might be good to use, but we should note that it doesn't not talk about the dam collapse event in 2018. The same can be said about the third source you listed below Hieup (talk)hieup]
 * -https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/186810341803700203

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Exploitation of Natural Resources -Effects on local communities


 * Article Evaluation
 * Looking at the section titled "Effects on local communities"
 * -Talks about companies entering the Global South and extracting resources while promoting economic development.
 * -lumps all the countries of global south together (provides an explanation into how these companies are able to present convincing arguments for extracting resources)
 * --> at the same time brings conflict into local communities
 * ---> Mentions yet does not talk about these effects in detail (agricultural, land, clashes with state gov't, water, etc....,).
 * -Some citations do not work and not every claim is cited
 * -Seems to be written in a neutral tone but there are instances where the claims seem to take a side of whether big corporations coming into a country is good/bad for economic development
 * Would like to add more on community effects, specifically social/cultural values, ethnic minorities, and land rights
 * Including everyone into the Global South diminishes some of the experiences that other communities might have gone through.
 * Also, foreign intervention often has an impact on socio-cultural values and land rights of ethnic minorities that are largely overlooked because they are minorities and economic development is generally made a bigger priority.


 * Sources
 * -https://academic.oup.com/wbro/article-abstract/16/2/169/1681046
 * -https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436590120061688?casa_token=p-vdt93LuPkAAAAA:bQXGzVrgLe6ygjKiX7PwUPds6H0QL2OyYO_rfYNL9diW4Xr6tqG7hbrTHAjBn-50AEyGHnkmNI9N
 * -https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/agis_archive.20052371

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Hydropower - Disadvantages and Limitations


 * Article Evaluation
 * -talks of hydropower as a limited renewable energy source because of greenhouse gas emissions and negative impacts on the ecosystem (provides a good overview and simple introduction into why these are problems)
 * -Each claim does not have a citation and many of the citations are from the same source
 * ---> the frequently cited source is a book
 * -does not provide enough detail (or cite) examples of loss of life, property, or pollution of land in terms of people's livelihoods (agriculture, water, fishing...)
 * Add how building hydropower limits indigenous peoples' land. Look specifically into land grabbing
 * Discussion around hydropower is usually that it's a renewable energy source and so it should be used but there are many negative impacts that effect people, wildlife, and the ecology of the are.
 * Sources
 * -https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/app5.187
 * -https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02255189.2017.1343413?casa_token=NXXGs6jSFXMAAAAA%3A1C16Rv-d8uxXPFYF_cMPcBdbY1eceMAUdYQ0EGISyC_YxbHiBfkz6q8pEGwj9YM9Uoi91gVn3fbF
 * -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629898000857?casa_token=YybkKnIIIR8AAAAA:aeKnLvKaPT02LnAR1883xqp3QdXZaGxpqINWAsBjNW3ig1Tnr9dCIufBkg_MNpz5pryqa_HV
 * -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629898000857?casa_token=YybkKnIIIR8AAAAA:aeKnLvKaPT02LnAR1883xqp3QdXZaGxpqINWAsBjNW3ig1Tnr9dCIufBkg_MNpz5pryqa_HV

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Typhoon Haiyan -Environmental Impact


 * Article Evaluation
 * This section of the article discusses mangroves being replanted in the Philippines and the status of air quality for residents to move back home.
 * -Written neutrally but not all claims have sources and one claim does not have a source link that works
 * ---> sources are news sites
 * -the section does not discuss the other impacts of the oil spill (Estancia, Iloilo)
 * -nor does it mention other environmental impacts of Typhoon Haiyan
 * Look further into the damage and recovery of the Mangroves in the Philippines as well as the coral reef system and community - important to discuss because these have long term ramifications


 * Sources
 * -https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X16304842?casa_token=qO0K4hwms2sAAAAA:JWZVyseCoE2gpYplwselRhMW6pPa1BNBr7MrYYdJkl8LOXwpT3-gcKlSDurI1OuDlVCGVqSl
 * -https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-016-1062-8