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Title: | Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions |
Authors: | Athayde, Simone Mathews, M. Bohlman, Stephanie Ann Brasil, Walterlina Dória, Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Dutka-Gianelli, Jynessa Fearnside, Philip Martin Loiselle, B. A. Marques, Elineide Eugênio Melis, Theodore S. Millikan, B. Moretto, Evandro Mateus Oliver-Smith, Anthony Rossete, Amintas Nazareth Vacca, Raffaele Kaplan, David Andrew |
Keywords: | Academic Research Database Hydroelectric Power Knowledge Literature Review Mapping Network Analysis Sustainability |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 37, Pags. 50-69 |
Abstract: | In the last twenty years, multiple large and small hydroelectric dams have begun to transform the Amazonian region, spawning a growing volume of academic research across diverse disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields. In this article, we offer a critical review of recent research related to hydropower and sustainability with a focus on the Brazilian Amazon. We revisit the sustainability concept to include the contribution of various knowledge fields and perspectives for understanding, managing and making decisions about social-ecological systems transformed by dams. We conducted a literature review in Web of Science of academic publications centered in the past 5 years (2014–2019), on diverse aspects of hydropower planning, construction, operation and monitoring in the Brazilian Amazon. We present results of a co-occurrence network analysis of publications, highlighting bridging fields, network disconnections, and opportunities for interdisciplinary research. Finally, we report recent advances in the understanding and management of social-ecological systems in Amazonian watersheds, including biophysical, socio-economic, governance and development processes linked to hydropower planning and implementation. This review identifies knowledge gaps and future research directions, highlighting opportunities for improved communication among scientists, practitioners, decision-makers, indigenous peoples and local communities. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004 |
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