Energy policy in Latin America : social and environmental dimensions of hydropower in Amazônia

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Energy policy in Latin America : social and environmental dimensions of hydropower in Amazônia

Maria Gracinda C. Teixeira

(Avebury studies in green research)

Avebury , Ashgate Pub., c1996

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Bibliography: p. 329-348

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Description

This text is a criticism of the policy of energy production in Brazilian Amazonia. It focuses on the dramatically accumulated social and environmental debt incurred by the way Amazonian rivers have been utilized to provide hydropower and to sustain an export-oriented industrial economy.

Table of Contents

  • State policies in Brazilian Amazonia - constraints, expansion and destruction
  • the Brazilian state and the political economy of hydroelectricity development in Amazonia
  • the nature of the Brazilian state in the production of energy - structure, articulations and intervention in Amazonia
  • The Tucurui Dam in context
  • the Cachoeira Porteira hydroelectric scheme in context
  • final discussion.

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