Hydropower in Authoritarian Brazil

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-42869-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Studies in Environment and History

In the later twentieth century, Brazil's right-wing military dictatorship built a spate of low carbon hydropower dams to electrify its cities and industries. The costs fell disproportionately on Indigenous communities and the environment. Johnson examines the implications across Brazil alongside global questions of politics and environmentalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Matthew P

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Setting the Scene: Dictatorship and Industrial Growth; 2. Building the 'Big Dam': Economic and Political Considerations during Planning, 1960s–1970s; 3. Pharaonic Environmentalism: Mitigation Efforts during Planning and Reservoir Filling, 1970s–1980s; 4. Negotiating With Floodwaters: Impacts on Displaced Communities, 1970s–1990s; 5. Environmental Transformations: Impacts on National Parks, Fish, and Malaria, 1970s–1990s; 6. The Notorious Balbina Dam: The Dictatorship's Last and Most Infamous Dam, 1980s–1990s; 7. Aftermath: The Anti-Dam Movement, Social Injustice, and Climate Change, 1990s–2010s; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Johnson, Matthew P
Matthew P. Johnson, PhD, is an environmental historian and a 2022–2024 Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment.