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Título: | Social impacts of Brazil's Tucurui Dam |
Autor: | Fearnside, Philip Martin |
Palavras-chave: | Dams Environmental Impact Hydroelectric Power Hydroelectric Development Environmental Protection Dam Construction Environmental Impact Hydroelectric Power Rural Society Social Impact Environmental Impact Assessment Power Supply River Smelter Social Aspect |
Data do documento: | 1999 |
Revista: | Environmental Management |
É parte de: | Volume 24, Número 4, Pags. 483-495 |
Abstract: | The Tucurui Dam, which blocked the Tocantins River in 1984 in Brazil's eastern Amazonian state of Para, is a continuing source of controversy. Most benefits of the power go to aluminum smelting companies, where only a tiny amount of employment is generated. Often presented by authorities as a model for hydroelectric development because of the substantial power that it produces, the project's social and environmental impacts are also substantial. Examination of Tucurui reveals a systematic overestimation of benefits and underestimation of impacts as presented by authorities. Tucurui offers many as-yet unlearned lessons for hydroelectric development in Amazonia.The Tucurui Dam, which blocked the Tocantins River in 1984 in Brazil's eastern Amazonian state of Para, is a continuing source of controversy. Most benefits of the power go to aluminum smelting companies, where only a tiny amount of employment is generated. Often presented by authorities as a model for hydroelectric development because of the substantial power that it produces, the project's social and environmental impacts are also substantial. Examination of Tucurui reveals a systematic overestimation of benefits and underestimation of impacts as presented by authorities. Tucurui offers many as-yet unlearned lessons for hydroelectric development in Amazonia. |
DOI: | 10.1007/s002679900248 |
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