Flood protection at the expense of the poor?
Factsheet on the Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike construction project in the metropolitan region of Metro Manila / Philippines.
The "Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike" (LLED) is a huge, more than 47-kilometre-long dike construction project that will connect the metropolitan area of Metro Manila with the southern cities of Bicutan, Calamba and Los Banos. The LLED is part of the "Flood Management Master Plan for the Greater Metro Manila Area". The aim of the master plan is to protect the widely ramified and densely populated river and lake system from flooding. The planned construction measures will directly affect 1.2 million people as settlers.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2016
- Pages: 5