Environmental Assessment of the UHE Tijuco Alto Hydropower Plant

The Change of the Dominant Order

Bibliographic Data

ID3755152
AuthorsAmanda Dos Santos Sousa (0000-0002-6404-2985, Universidade de São Paulo), Paulo Santos De Almeida (0000-0003-3240-4037, Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2021
Volume24
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asoc20200162r3vu2021l5ao
OpenAlexW4206383379
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2021000100341
LanguageEN
References cited17

This research aims to identify, through the Strategic Field of Action Theory, the rationalities encompassed in the environmental assessment of the UHE Tijuco Alto Hydropower Plant (Ribeira River Watershed, Brazil) and to characterize the strategies of the stakeholders in the decision-making process. An interpretative description based on documents and content analysis of the environmental assessment process was adopted as our research method. The evaluation of such documents demonstrates that the strategic actions designed by the skilled actor - in this case, the Vale do Ribeira Movement of People Threatened by Dams - was fundamental to unveil the rationality shared by local communities. This fact has changed the dominant order, which prioritizes the logic of development and often results in the release of projects that affect or violate human rights

Business · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Hydropower · Political science · Rationality · Watershed · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Environmental Science · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · Mining and Resource Management