Introduction

Indigenous Peoples, Dams and Resistance

Bibliographic Data

ID5166167
AuthorsSimone Athayde (0000-0002-3820-6595, Trinity University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume12
Issue2
Pages80-92
Publication date2014-11-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
Venue1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1652-4772 • E-ISSN: 2001-9866
PublisherTrinity University Coates Library - DC Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.70845/2572-3626.1181
OpenAlexW148882200
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited22

The contributions presented in this first "Contemporary Debate" of the journal Tipit focus on the contentious politics surrounding the building of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon.These articles speak to broader questions regarding indigenous rights, social movements, resistance, and the implementation of public policies for social-environmental governance in Latin America (UN 2009).The debate is offered in a moment when the expansion of largescale infrastructural projects and their associated social-environmental impacts pose a growing threat to the

Biology · Environmental planning · Geography · Indigenous · Political science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology

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