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03262aam a2200397 i 4500 001 F1999BB49F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 200601t20212021enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020024641 020 $a 0367333406 020 $a 9780367333409 035 $a (OCoLC)1156992353 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a sa----- 050 00 $a HD1696.B83 $b A85 2021 100 1 $a Atkins, Ed $c (Lecturer on environment), $e author. 245 10 $a Contesting hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon / $c Ed Atkins. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2021. 300 $a xii, 223 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge studies in sustainability 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This book focuses on how local, national and international civil society groups opposed the Belo Monte and Sao Luiz do Tapajos hydroelectric projects in the Brazilian Amazon. In doing so, it explores how contemporary opposition to hydropower projects demonstrate a form of 'contested sustainability' that highlights the need for sustainable development agendas to take more into account than merely greenhouse gas emissions. The assertion that society must look to successfully transition away from fossil fuels and towards sustainable energy sources often appears assured in contemporary environmental governance. However, what is less certain is who decides which forms of energy are deemed 'sustainable'. Contesting Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon explores one process in which the sustainability of a 'green' energy source is contested. It focuses on how civil society actors have both challenged and reconfigured dominant pro-dam assertions that present the hydropower schemes explored as renewable energy projects that contribute to sustainable development agendas. The volume also examines in detail how anti-dam actors act to render visible the political interests behind a project, whilst at the same time linking the resistance movement to wider questions of contemporary environmental politics. This interdisciplinary work will be of great interest to students and scholars of Sustainable Development, Environmental Justice, Environmental Governance and Development Studies"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Water resources development $z Amazon River Region. 650 0 $a Water-power $x Environmental aspects $z Amazon River Region. 650 0 $a Sustainable development $z Amazon River Region. 650 7 $a Sustainable development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01139731 650 7 $a Water-power $x Environmental aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01172320 650 7 $a Water resources development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01171955 651 7 $a Amazon River Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239764 776 08 $i Online version: $a Atkins, Ed, (Lecturer on environment) $t Contesting hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon $d New York : Routledge, 2020. $z 9780429319280 $w (DLC) 2020024642 830 0 $a Routledge studies in sustainability. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020015759.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F1999BB49F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search