Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: Advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions

Simone Athayde; Mason Matthews; Stephanie Bohlman; Walterlina Brasil; Carolina RC Doria; Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli; Philip M. Fearnside; Bette Loiselle; Elineide E Marques; Theodore Melis; Brent Millikan; Evandro M. Moretto; Anthony Oliver-Smith; Amintas Rossete; Raffaele Vacca; David Kaplan

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004

Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: Advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

By: Simone Athayde, Mason Matthews, Stephanie Bohlman, Walterlina Brasil, Carolina RC Doria, Jynessa Dutka-Gianelli, Philip M. Fearnside, Bette Loiselle, Elineide E Marques, Theodore Melis, Brent Millikan, Evandro M. Moretto, Anthony Oliver-Smith, Amintas Rossete, Raffaele Vacca, and David Kaplan

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004

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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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Athayde, S., Matthews, M., Bohlman, S., Brasil, W., Doria, C.R., Dutka-Gianelli, J., Fearnside, P.M., Loiselle, B., Marques, E.E., Melis, T., Millikan, B., Moretto, E.M., Oliver-Smith, A., Rossete, A., Vacca, R., and Kaplan, D., 2019, Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: Advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, v. 37, p. 50-69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Mapping research on hydropower and sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: Advances, gaps in knowledge and future directions
Series title	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
DOI	10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.004
Volume	37
Year Published	2019
Language	English
Publisher	Elsevier
Contributing office(s)	Southwest Biological Science Center
Description	20 p.
First page	50
Last page	69
Country	Brazil
Other Geospatial	Amazon