03496cam a22005538i 4500 9780429319280 FlBoTFG 20260210180823.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 200601s2020 nyu ob 001 0 eng OCoLC-P eng rda OCoLC-P 9780429319280 (ebook) 0429319282 9781000220506 (ePub ebook) 1000220508 9781000220445 (PDF ebook) 1000220443 9781000220476 (Mobipocket ebook) 1000220478 9780367333409 (hardback) 10.4324/9780429319280 doi (OCoLC)1164818682 (OCoLC-P)1164818682 HD1696.B83 BUS 072000 bisacsh NAT 010000 bisacsh SCI 026000 bisacsh TQ bicssc 333.91/409811 23 Atkins, Ed (Lecturer on environment), author. Contesting hydropower in the Brazilian Amazon / Ed Atkins. New York : Routledge, 2020. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Routledge studies in sustainability "This book focuses on how local, national and international civil society groups opposed the Belo Monte and São Luiz do Tapajós 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"-- Provided by publisher. OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. Water resources development Amazon River Region. Water-power Environmental aspects Amazon River Region. Sustainable development Amazon River Region. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development bisacsh NATURE / Ecology bisacsh SCIENCE / Environmental Science bisacsh Taylor & Francis https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429319280 OCLC metadata license agreement http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf 91929 91928