Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Contesting Hydropower In The Brazilian ISBN13:9780367333409ISBN10:0367333406Author:Atkins, Ed (Author)Description:In Contesting Hydropower In The Brazilian , Ed Atkins Focuses On How Local, National, And International Civil Society Groups Have Resisted The Belo Monte And S?O Luiz Do Tapaj?S Hydroelectric Projects In Brazil In Doing So, Atkins Explores How Contemporary Opposition To Hydropower Projects Demonstrate A Form Of 'Contested Sustainability' That Highlights The Need For Sustainable Energy Transitions 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 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 Studied 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, Sustainable Energy Transitions, Environmental Justice, Environmental Governance, And Development Studies Binding:Hardcover, HardcoverPublisher:RoutledgePublication Date:2020-11-16Weight:1.13 lbsDimensions:0.56'' H x 9.21'' L x 6.14'' WNumber of Pages:224Language:English
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Item Weight: 1.13 lbs
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Economics / General
Book Title: Contesting Hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Business & Economics
Author: Ed Atkins
Format: Hardcover
