TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon
T2 - advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions
AU - Athayde, Simone
AU - Mathews, M.
AU - Bohlman, Stephanie
AU - Brasil, Walterlina
AU - Doria, Carolina RC
AU - Dutka-Gianelli, Jynessa
AU - Fearnside, Philip M.
AU - Loiselle, B.
AU - Marques, Elineide E.
AU - Melis, Theodore S.
AU - Millikan, B.
AU - Moretto, Evandro M.
AU - Oliver-Smith, Anthony
AU - Rossete, Amintas
AU - Vacca, Raffaele
AU - Kaplan, D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85069936169
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 37
SP - 50
EP - 69
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
ER -