I am currently reading a fascinating book called "Domicide: The Global Destruction of Home" written by two professors of geography that have done a tremendous amount of research on the topic. There is an entire chapter dedicated to a trio of dams that were implemented along the Canadian/U.S.border in the Pacific Northwest beginning in the 1960's and a discussion of how the people who ultimately lost their homes because the government decided to initiate the dams went through the process of informing them and eventually evicting them with a process and compensation package that left much to be desired. 

I have been very interested in displacement via dams since reading Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit by Vandana Shiva a few years ago and since visiting Hoover dam a few years ago and getting a felt sense of the vastness of what occured when the valley was flooded, washing away pioneer communities and indigenous peoples and artifacts alike.

This week while doing research for an article, I came across three links on China's Three Gorges dam, completed in 2006, which created the largest displacement of people in history: 1.4 million people lost their home and even the landscape in which their homes resided. Many of their families had lived there for generations. They can never return.Worse, after all that, the government has recently admitted there are some severe issues with the dam that may have unthinkable results...

In case you're interested in the topic, here are the links: 

From 2007: China's Three Gorges reservoir (may) result in the displ...

Major Problems Found in Three Gorges Dam Resettlement Program (1998)

China says 'Urgent problems' face 3 Gorges dam: Risk of geological ...

Does anyone else have stories or links about government initiated ecocide or domicide they can share? What do you think?--Is it for the greater good to destroy people's homes if there really is a need for more energy in the community, or perhaps for a new airport or highway?