Table 2 Pre-established categories
| Category | Subcategory | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation |
Project Hydropower or hydroelectricity projects refers to the conversion of energy from flowing water into electricity [74] | Usual Project |
| Share Value project | ||
|
Sustainability Corporate activities that proactively seek to contribute to sustainability equilibria, including the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of today, as well as their inter-relations within and throughout the time dimension (i.e. the short-, long-, and longer-term), while addressing the company’s systems, i.e. operations and production, management and strategy, organizational systems, procurement and marketing, and assessment and communication; as well as with its stakeholders [72] | Economic | |
| Environmental | ||
| Social | ||
| Economic-society | ||
| Economic-environment | ||
| Society-environment | ||
|
Government The combination of processes and structures that inform, direct, manage and monitor the activities of the project toward the achievement of its objectives [12] | Corporate governance | |
| External Governance | ||
| Society |
Livelihood Refers to the capabilities, assets [stores, resources, claims and access] and activities required for a means of living [12] | Improvement of livelihoods |
| Economic displacement | ||
| Measures to address project | ||
| Opportunities for project-affected communities | ||
| Interrelationships | ||
|
Climate change Analysis and management of the risks of climate change for the project, and the project’s role in climate change adaptation[12] | Environmental and social risks | |
| Environmental and social opportunities | ||
|
Land Analysis of land use change with hydroelectric project | Access to Land Use | |
| Land rehabilitation | ||
|
Ecosystem This topic addresses ecosystem values, habitat and specific issues such as threatened species, reservoir and downstream areas, as well as potential impacts associated with the operating hydropower facility[12] | Biodiversity issues | |
| Measures to address impacts on biodiversity | ||
| Biodiversity opportunities | ||
|
Stakeholders Who are interested in, involved in or affected by the hydropower project and associated activities [12] | Mapping | |
| Needs | ||
| Negotiation | ||
| Participation | ||
| Share benefit |
Causes of Conflict The Corporations are perceived to be responsible for many negative impacts on the environment and on societies [72] | Environmental |
| Social | ||
| Economic | ||
|
Actions/outputs People and organizations collaborate across boundaries to get something done [50] | Non-monetary mechanisms | |
| Monetary mechanisms | ||
|
Satisfaction Collaborative actions or outputs are taken in the hopes of producing desired outcomes, or results on the ground. These intermediate and end outcomes are essentially alterations in an existing or projected condition that is viewed as undesirable or in need of change [73] | Effectiveness of outcomes | |
| legitimacy of outcomes | ||
| Adaptation |